[dʒeɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime
(e.g: he spent 15 years in jail)


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Origin:
Middle English: based on Latin cavea (see cage). The word came into English in two forms, jaiole from Old French and gayole from Anglo-Norman French gaole (surviving in the spelling gaol), originally pronounced with a hard g, as in goat

[dʒeɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- put (someone) in jail
(e.g: the driver was jailed for two years)


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