Jail
21Jail — Als Host (engl. Wirt, Gastgeber) wird ein in einem Rechnernetz eingebundenes Betriebssystem bezeichnet, das Server oder Clients beherbergt. Neben komplexen Betriebssystemen von Computern können auch spezialisierte Betriebssysteme von… …
22jail — [13] Etymologically, a jail is a ‘little cage’. The word comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *gaviola, which was an alteration of an earlier *caveola, a diminutive form of Latin cavea ‘cage’ (source of English cage). It passed into English in two… …
23jail — [13] Etymologically, a jail is a ‘little cage’. The word comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *gaviola, which was an alteration of an earlier *caveola, a diminutive form of Latin cavea ‘cage’ (source of English cage). It passed into English in two… …
24jail — en·jail; jail; jail·er; jail·or; …
25jail*/ — [dʒeɪl] noun [C/U] I a place where people are put as punishment for a crime Syn: prison Adam spent 3 years in jail for drug possession.[/ex] They put her in jail for murder.[/ex] II verb [T] jail [dʒeɪl] to put someone in jail He was jailed for… …
26jail — I. noun Etymology: Middle English jaiole, from Anglo French gaiole, jaiole, from Late Latin caveola, diminutive of Latin cavea cage more at cage Date: 13th century 1. a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody; specifically such a… …
27jail — [[t]ʤe͟ɪl[/t]] ♦♦♦ jails, jailing, jailed (in BRIT, also use gaol) 1) N VAR A jail is a place where criminals are kept in order to punish them, or where people waiting to be tried are kept. Three prisoners escaped from a jail. Syn: prison 2) VERB …
28jail — 1. noun he was thrown into jail Syn: prison, lock up, detention centre; N.Amer. penitentiary, jailhouse, correctional facility; informal clink, cooler, the slammer, inside; Brit.; informal nick; N.Amer.; informal can, pen, slam, pokey …
29jail — 1. noun a) A place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. I have to go to jail 5 days a week. b) Confinement in a jail. Syn: slammer… …
30jail — Synonyms and related words: POW camp, bastille, beleaguer, beset, besiege, big house, black hole, blockade, bolt in, borstal, borstal institution, bound, box in, bridewell, brig, bucket, caboose, cage, calaboose, can, cast in prison, cell,… …