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Noun Concept
Categories: Gambling games, Commercial machines, Articles with short description, Total institutions, Prisons
EN
jail  jailhouse  gaol  clink  slammer
EN
A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) WordNet 3.0
English:
American
device
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EN
A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A place in which individual persons have restricted personal freedom. OmegaWiki
IS A
correctional institution
HAS KIND
bastille
holding cell
hoosegow
house of correction
lockup
+3 relations
DERIVATION
imprison
USAGE DOMAIN
Australian English orthography
British English orthography
American English orthography
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey
OmegaWiki
EN
gaol, jail, lockup, prison
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
gaol, jail, jailhouse, Poky (device)

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