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English to English noun
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a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) |  | source: wordnet30
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A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail. | | source: webster1913 verb
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lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | | Example: The suspects were imprisoned without trial
the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
source: wordnet30
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