A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

To imprison.

plural of jail

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jail

simple past tense and past participle of jail

present participle of jail

An instance of a person being jailed.

plural of jailing

In a jail, as a prisoner.

plural of jailful