Words similar to jail

Example sentences for: jail

How can you use “jail” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In jail at the same time, for “incitement to rebellion,” was Congress Party member Jawaharlal Nehru, who was British-educated but also a Brahman intellectual, as his honorary title of Pandit suggested.
But the overall thrust of the incarceration section of the 1994 edition is that too many criminals are avoiding jail sentences.
Condemning Indonesia's reform leaders for their lack of resistance to the bill, the paper said it would give the military almost unlimited power in a state of emergency, including the right to jail people without trial.
3. Also from the late Houston Post , as a practical guide to usage in stories: An African-American is any black with a college degree who isn't in jail or under indictment.
Buying a single bottle of wine from out-of-state is a third-degree felony in Kentucky, Georgia, and Florida and is punishable with fines of up to $2,000 and jail time.