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Jailing

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imprisonmentnounA confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.

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imprisonmentnounA confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
incarcerationnoun(chiefly US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
confinementnounThe act of confining or the state of being confined.
prisonnounA place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
detentionnoun(countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement.
arrestnoun(law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
custodynounThe legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
imprisoningverb(transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
joltnounAn act of jolting.
jail breaknounAn escape from prison.
jailbreaknoun(computing) A modification to the firmware of an electronic device (typically a mobile phone or tablet) to allow the installation and use of software not officially supported by the device's manufacturer.
killingnounThe act of killing.
cuffingnounThe act or process of placing handcuffs on a person.
hangman's jignounThe struggling motions of a person being executed by hanging.
hanging offencenoun(idiomatic) A crime so serious that it is punishable by means of death by hanging.
hard timenoun(colloquial, countable) Difficulties; a difficult time; trouble.
jacketingnoun(countable, uncountable) A protective or insulating cover for an object; a jacket.
lacingnounThat with which something is laced.
lammingnounA beating.
hijackingnounThe instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.

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