jail
Betekenis (Engels)
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- 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.
- 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.
- A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
Concepten
gevangenhuis
gevangen zetten
cachot
penitentiaire inrichting
strafinrichting
leerschool
Synoniemen
bastile
put in prison
put behind bars
be jailed
put prison
house of detention
police-station
bolt in
commit to prison
go to prison
prison house
detention house
stone-jug
put in jail
keep in prison
jail house
clap in prison
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/d͡ʒeɪ(ə)l/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle English gayole, gaylle, gaille, gayle, gaile, via Old French gaiole, gayolle, gaole, from Medieval Latin gabiola, for Late Latin caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”). Doublet of caveola and related to cage. More at cajole.
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