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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Da Silva was jailed in 2018 on corruption convictions later annulled, while his son now faces separate graft allegations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
In August 2022, Garza was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial and ordered to be jailed until a bed in a state mental health treatment facility was available.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Eleven journalists have been jailed in the past two months and several media outlets shut down, according to the Turkish Journalists' Union.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Instead, he was jailed shortly after landing in June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
She and the other suffragists argued that they were being jailed because they had opposed the government and not because they had blocked traffic or stood too long on the sidewalks or city streets.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
