jail

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(BrE also gaol) noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ city (esp. AmE), county, local

▪ high-security, maximum-security, top-security (all esp. BrE)

▪ private

▪ overcrowded

VERB + JAIL

▪ go to

▪

He's gone to jail for fraud.

▪ put sb in, send sb to, throw sb into

▪ keep sb in

▪ keep sb out of

▪

His lawyer worked hard to keep him out of jail.

▪ be freed from, be out of, be released from, get out of

▪

She could be out of jail in two years.

▪ escape from

▪ threaten sb with

▪

He was threatened with jail if evidence of a hoax was discovered.

▪ face

▪ avoid, escape

▪

She avoided jail by pleading insanity.

JAIL + NOUN

▪ sentence, term, time

▪ cell

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the jail

▪

riots at Strangeways jail

▪ in (a/the) jail

▪

How long has she been in jail?

▪

There was a fire in the jail last night.

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verb

Jail is used with these nouns as the object: ↑dissident