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gaol

/dʒeɪl/
noun
  1. A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

  2. Confinement in a jail.

  3. 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).

Synonymshoosegow, slammer
verb
  1. To imprison.

Synonymsimprison, incarcerate

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