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Synonyms for jailed

Grammar : Adj
Spell : jeyl
Phonetic Transcription : dʒeɪl


Définition of jailed

Origin :
  • late 13c., gayhol, from Old North French gaiole and Old French jaole, both meaning "a cage, prison," from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola, diminutive of Latin cavea "cage, enclosure, stall, coop" (see cave (n.)). Both forms carried into Middle English; now pronounced "jail" however it is spelled. Persistence of Norman-derived gaol (preferred in Britain) is "chiefly due to statutory and official tradition" [OED].
  • adj arrested
Example sentences :
  • "I shall be jailed within twenty-four hours," thought our journalist.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • I don't think any of them were jailed on that occasion, but she defied them to jail her.
  • Extract from : « An American Suffragette » by Isaac N. Stevens
  • It would only have satisfied her lower instincts of vengeance to have jailed Pauline.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • We couldn't get crews after a time if we ironed and jailed 'em for each offense.
  • Extract from : « The Grain Ship » by Morgan Robertson
  • You want your dad to keep you jailed all afternoon, I guess.
  • Extract from : « Bib Ballads » by Ring W. Lardner
  • She was lucky he didn't take her to El Paso with him and have her jailed.
  • Extract from : « A Texas Ranger » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Since Davidoff and Pletzky were jailed, the party has grown by leaps and bounds.
  • Extract from : « Gladiator » by Philip Wylie
  • Whatever Mort had in his pockets was took out by Peasley when he jailed him.
  • Extract from : « The Lone Ranger Rides » by Fran Striker
  • An he oughter be jailed for what he done, added the miner, bitterly.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Boys on the Plains » by Jay Winthrop Allen
  • Getting out he asked for his client, who had been tried and jailed.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 8, 1923 » by Various

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