Collocations for "jail"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "jail" in context.
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jail
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [state, county, local] jail
- [Orlando] county jail
- a [high, medium, maximum] -security jail
- a [crowded, filthy, packed] jail
- managed to break out of jail
- [several, a dozen] prisoners broke out of jail
- go down to the jail to [post, pay] bail
- sentenced to [five] years in jail
- was released from jail
- was taken [straight, directly] to jail
- was [attacked, bullied, killed] in jail
- has served time in jail
- his [actions, misdemeanors, attitude] landed him in jail
- sent to jail on a [robbery, minor] charge
- UK, informal: got [the team, his friend] out of jail
- go to jail or pay the fine
- a [riot, protest] in (the) jail
- the jail is on lockdown
- a get-out-of-jail-free card
- jail a [criminal, thief, murderer, terrorist, conman]
- jailed for [robbery, theft, fraud]
- jailed for [30 days]
- jailed for [refusing, attacking, causing]
- jailed on a [minor, lesser, major, serious] charge
- jailed on [charges, suspicion] of
- jailed by the [judge, officer, district judge]
- jailed in connection with the [robbery, murder, attack]
- jailed over the [robbery]
- jailed in [Britain, New York]
- jailed [abroad, overseas, in a foreign country]
- jailed [again, twice]
- a [ten] -year jail [sentence, term]
- the jail [governor, staff]
- has spent [two] years' jail time
- got jail time for
- a [five-year] jail sentence
'jail' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):