Jail
/dʒeɪl/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Jail
noun
- A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- Confinement in a jail.
- The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
- In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
- (FreeBSD) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
verb
- To imprison.
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