jail
- Noun. A place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- Noun. (uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
- Noun. (slang) school.
- Noun. (context, horse racing) 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).
- Verb. To imprison.
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