jail
noun
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
jailed
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past participleof jail.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof jail.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
jailnouna prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
Example Sentences
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And Indonesia’s independence leader, Sukarno, welcomed the Japanese as they drove out or jailed Dutch colonial officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The successes include plots that have been foiled, suspects who have been arrested, brought to trial, convicted and jailed.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
He is currently jailed at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles and is set to appear in court on Sept. 22.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Memorial group received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 -- months after Russia launched its offensive on Ukraine -- alongside jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Ukraine's Centre for Civil Liberties.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Philip K. Dick’s characters are jailed for crimes before they’ve committed them.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
