English-German translations for jail

• Gefängnis das
  Zwei frühere Premierminister sitzen im Gefängnis. Two former prime ministers are in jail.
  Der Urlaub von zwölf Menschen endete im Gefängnis. Twelve people went on holiday and have ended up in jail.
  Vincuk Viacorka ist heute hier, vorübergehend aus dem Gefängnis entlassen. Vincuk Viacorka is here today, temporarily released from jail.
• Bau der
• einsperren
• Haftanstalt
• Knast der
• schwedische Gardinen

Definition of jail

• 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
• Confinement in a jail
• 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
• A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance
• To imprison

Related words

• jailhouse
• jailbird
• jailbreak
• jailer
• jailbait
• jailed
• jailing
• jaileress
• jailbreaker