"jail" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒeɪ(ə)l/ Audio: En-us-jail.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gaol.wav Forms: jails [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English gayole, gaylle, gaille, gayle, gaile, via Old French gaiole, gayolle, gaole, from Medieval Latin gabiola, for Late Latin caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”). Doublet of caveola and related to cage. More at cajole. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|gayole}} Middle English gayole, {{der|en|fro|gaiole}} Old French gaiole, {{der|en|ML.|gabiola}} Medieval Latin gabiola, {{der|en|LL.|caveola}} Late Latin caveola, {{der|en|la|cavea||cavity, coop, cage}} Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”), {{doublet|en|caveola}} Doublet of caveola Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} jail (countable and uncountable, plural jails)
  1. A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Prison Synonyms: slammer, hoosegow
    Sense id: en-jail-en-noun-~9bLwZ99 Disambiguation of Prison: 37 31 19 4 5 4
  2. (uncountable) Confinement in a jail. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Prison Translations (confinement): vankeus (Finnish), pidätys (note: usually short-term, not based on conviction) (Finnish), φυλάκιση (fylákisi) [feminine] (Greek), börtön (Hungarian), börtönbüntetés (Hungarian), bebörtönzés (Hungarian), elzárás (Hungarian), szabadságvesztés (Hungarian), isolamento [masculine] (Italian), więzienie [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-jail-en-noun-GzHf52PX Disambiguation of Prison: 37 31 19 4 5 4 Disambiguation of 'confinement': 39 52 3 3 3
  3. (horse racing, uncountable) 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). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Prison Categories (lifeform): Horse racing
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  4. In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-jail-en-noun-4TgXfX2e
  5. (computing, FreeBSD, usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-jail-en-noun-UELABdhL Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: chain gang, furlough, parole, prisoner, imprison Translations (dodgeball: area for confinement): vankila (Finnish) Translations (place for short-term confinement): хьэпс (ḥɛps) (Adyghe), tronk (Afrikaans), burg (Albanian), سِجْن (sijn) [masculine] (Arabic), حَبْس (ḥabs) [masculine] (Arabic), բանտ (bant) (Armenian), həbs (Azerbaijani), espetxe (Basque), турма́ (turmá) [feminine] (Belarusian), астро́г (astróh) [masculine] (Belarusian), jayl (Belizean Creole), затво́р (zatvór) [masculine] (Bulgarian), апс (aps) [archaic, colloquial, masculine] (Bulgarian), အကျဉ်း (a.kyany:) (Burmese), presó [feminine] (Catalan), ᏗᏓᏍᏚᏗ (didasdudi) (Cherokee), 監倉 (Chinese Cantonese), 监仓 (gaam¹ cong¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 監獄 (Chinese Mandarin), 监狱 (jiānyù) (Chinese Mandarin), vězení [neuter] (Czech), fængsel [neuter] (Danish), gevangenis [feminine] (Dutch), arestejo (Esperanto), vangla (Estonian), poliisivankila (Finnish), putka [colloquial] (Finnish), vankila (english: long-term) (Finnish), tyrmä [singular] (Finnish), prison [feminine] (French), geôle [feminine] (French), cadea [feminine] (Galician), trenla [feminine] (Galician), prisión [masculine] (Galician), ციხე (cixe) (Georgian), საპატიმრო (saṗaṭimro) (Georgian), საპყრობილე (saṗq̇robile) (Georgian), Gefängnis [neuter] (German), φυλακή (fylakí) [feminine] (Greek), δεσμωτήριο (desmotírio) [neuter] (Greek), כֶּלֶא (kéle) [masculine] (Hebrew), מַאֲסָר (maasár) [masculine] (Hebrew), कारागार (kārāgār) [masculine] (Hindi), बन्दीघर (bandīghar) [masculine] (Hindi), जेल (jel) [masculine] (Hindi), क़ैदख़ाना (qaidxānā) [masculine] (Hindi), fogda (Hungarian), fogház (Hungarian), karcero (Ido), penjara (english: long-term) (Indonesian), bui (Indonesian), kurungan (Indonesian), rumah tahanan (Indonesian), tyrmä (Ingrian), carcere (Interlingua), prision (Interlingua), carcair [feminine] (Irish), carcere [masculine] (Italian), prigione [feminine] (Italian), gattabuia [feminine] (Italian), galera [feminine] (Italian), 監獄 (kangoku) (alt: かんごく) (Japanese), ākhòujām (Khiamniungan Naga), គុក (kuk) (Khmer), 감옥 (gamok) (Korean), 교도소 (gyodoso) (Korean), ຄຸກ (khuk) (Lao), carcer [masculine] (Latin), ferriterium [neuter] (Latin), затвор (zatvor) [masculine] (Macedonian), апс (aps) [archaic, colloquial, masculine] (Macedonian), penjara (Malay), laplesoon (Mi'kmaq), хар гэр (xar ger) (Mongolian), awáalya (Navajo), fengsel (Norwegian), gibaakwa'odiiwigamig (Ojibwe), 牢屋 (rūya) (alt: るーや) (Okinawan), cweartern [neuter] (Old English), carcern [neuter] (Old English), гарешт (harešt) [masculine] (Pannonian Rusyn), زندان (zendân) (Persian), حبسخانه (habsxâne) (Persian), بندیخانه (bandixâne) (Persian), Kjarkja [masculine] (Plautdietsch), Jefenkjniss [neuter] (Plautdietsch), cadeia (Portuguese), cárcere [masculine] (Portuguese), ਜੇਲ੍ਹ (jelh) [feminine] (Punjabi), închisoare [feminine] (Romanian), temniță [feminine] (Romanian), pușcărie [feminine] (Romanian), тюрьма (tjurʹma) (Russian), затвор [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), тамница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zatvor [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tamnica [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), väzenie [neuter] (Slovak), zapor [masculine] (Slovene), xabsi (Somali), cárcel [feminine] (Spanish), prisión [feminine] (Spanish), presidio [masculine] (Spanish), penal [masculine] (Spanish), penitenciaría [feminine] (Spanish), häkte (Swedish), piitan (Tagalog), зиндон (zindon) (Tajik), คุก (kúk) (Thai), བཙོན་ཁང (btson khang) (Tibetan), prautke (Tocharian B), hapis (Turkish), hapishane (Turkish), кара-бажың (kara-bajıñ) (Tuvan), в'язни́ця (vʺjaznýcja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), тюрма́ (tjurmá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), کاراگار (kārāgār) [masculine] (Urdu), بندیگھر (bandīghar) [masculine] (Urdu), جیل (jēl) [masculine] (Urdu), قیدخانہ (qaidxānā) [masculine] (Urdu), nhà tù (Vietnamese), nhà tạm giam (Vietnamese), carchar [masculine] (Welsh), jael [South-Wales, familiar] (Welsh), nkuaj (White Hmong), טורמע (turme) [feminine] (Yiddish), 牢屋 (duya) (alt: どぅや) (Yonaguni), kantalaq (Yup'ik)
Synonyms: gaol [Australia, Ireland, UK, dated], big house, borstal, bridewell, brig, calaboose [Australia, US], can, chokey [UK], choky [UK], clink, correctional facility, correctional institution, crowbar hotel, detention centre, dungeon, glasshouse, graybar hotel, guardhouse, gulag, hock, hole, honor farm, hoosegow, house of detention, iron house, jail, jailhouse, joint, jug, juvenile hall, juvie, lockup, nigger university [offensive, slang, vulgar], nick, pen, penal colony, penitentiary, pokey, porridge [UK], prison, prison camp, prison farm, prison hulk, prison ship, queer ken [Polari], remand center, roundhouse, slammer, slam, stalag, stir, stockade, tronk [South-Africa], up the river, workhouse, Alcatraz, Attica, Bastille, Dartmoor, Devil's Island, Folsom, Hanoi Hilton, Leavenworth, Lefortovo, Maze, Pelican Bay, San Quentin, Sing Sing, Tower Meronyms: bar, cell, cellblock, death row, gate, solitary, solitary confinement, wall, ward, yard, chaplain, con, convict, corrections officer, criminal, detainee, inmate, jailbird, jailer, prison guard, prison matron, screw, trusty, turnkey, warden, warder, wardress Derived forms: air jail, black jail, county jail, Facebook jail, gay baby jail, get out of jail free card, get-out-of-jail-free card, horny jail, in jail, jail bait, jail-bait, jailbait, jail bars, jailbird, jail-bird, jail bird, jailbreak, jail break, jail cell, jailer, jail fever, jail fodder, jailhouse, jail juice, jail khana, jail lock, jail purse, jail sentence, jailtime, movie jail, phone jail Disambiguation of 'dodgeball: area for confinement': 31 38 6 21 5 Disambiguation of 'place for short-term confinement': 37 32 20 5 5

Verb

IPA: /d͡ʒeɪ(ə)l/ Audio: En-us-jail.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gaol.wav Forms: jails [present, singular, third-person], jailing [participle, present], jailed [participle, past], jailed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English gayole, gaylle, gaille, gayle, gaile, via Old French gaiole, gayolle, gaole, from Medieval Latin gabiola, for Late Latin caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”). Doublet of caveola and related to cage. More at cajole. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|gayole}} Middle English gayole, {{der|en|fro|gaiole}} Old French gaiole, {{der|en|ML.|gabiola}} Medieval Latin gabiola, {{der|en|LL.|caveola}} Late Latin caveola, {{der|en|la|cavea||cavity, coop, cage}} Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”), {{doublet|en|caveola}} Doublet of caveola Head templates: {{en-verb}} jail (third-person singular simple present jails, present participle jailing, simple past and past participle jailed)
  1. To imprison. Synonyms: imprison, incarcerate
    Sense id: en-jail-en-verb-BjEvYoLZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gaol [Australia, Ireland, UK, dated]

Inflected forms

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prison"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geôle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadea"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trenla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prisión"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "cixe",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "ციხე"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saṗaṭimro",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "საპატიმრო"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saṗq̇robile",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "საპყრობილე"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gefängnis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fylakí",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φυλακή"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "desmotírio",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δεσμωτήριο"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kéle",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "כֶּלֶא"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "maasár",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מַאֲסָר"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kārāgār",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कारागार"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bandīghar",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "बन्दीघर"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jel",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "जेल"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "qaidxānā",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "क़ैदख़ाना"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "fogda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "fogház"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "karcero"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "id",
      "english": "long-term",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "penjara"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "bui"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "kurungan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "rumah tahanan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "tyrmä"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "carcere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "prision"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carcair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carcere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prigione"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gattabuia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "galera"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "alt": "かんごく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kangoku",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "監獄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "kix",
      "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "ākhòujām"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kuk",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "គុក"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gamok",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "감옥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyodoso",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "교도소"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khuk",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "ຄຸກ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carcer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ferriterium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zatvor",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "затвор"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "aps",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "апс"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "penjara"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "mic",
      "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "laplesoon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xar ger",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "хар гэр"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "awáalya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "fengsel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "gibaakwa'odiiwigamig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "alt": "るーや",
      "code": "ryu",
      "lang": "Okinawan",
      "roman": "rūya",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "牢屋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cweartern"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "carcern"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "rsk",
      "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
      "roman": "harešt",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гарешт"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zendân",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "زندان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "habsxâne",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "حبسخانه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bandixâne",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "بندیخانه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kjarkja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Jefenkjniss"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "cadeia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cárcere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "jelh",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਜੇਲ੍ਹ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "închisoare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "temniță"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pușcărie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjurʹma",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "тюрьма"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "затвор"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тамница"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zatvor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tamnica"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "väzenie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zapor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "xabsi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cárcel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prisión"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "presidio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "penal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "penitenciaría"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "häkte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "piitan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zindon",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "зиндон"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kúk",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "คุก"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "btson khang",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "བཙོན་ཁང"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "prautke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "hapis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "hapishane"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "kara-bajıñ",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "кара-бажың"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vʺjaznýcja",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "в'язни́ця"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tjurmá",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тюрма́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kārāgār",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "کاراگار"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bandīghar",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بندیگھر"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "jēl",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جیل"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "qaidxānā",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قیدخانہ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "nhà tù"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "nhà tạm giam"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carchar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "familiar"
      ],
      "word": "jael"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "mww",
      "lang": "White Hmong",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "nkuaj"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "turme",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "טורמע"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 32 20 5 5",
      "alt": "どぅや",
      "code": "yoi",
      "lang": "Yonaguni",
      "roman": "duya",
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          "text": "“I’m out!” That, of course, is an excerpt from Robert Durst’s children’s books [sic], Goodbye Jail. “Goodbye money. Goodbye bail. I killed them all, but goodbye jail. Of course! Of course!”",
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        "horse-racing",
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        "lifestyle",
        "pets",
        "racing",
        "sports"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "brig"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "calaboose"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "can"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "chokey"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "choky"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "clink"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "correctional facility"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "correctional institution"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "crowbar hotel"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "detention centre"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "dungeon"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "glasshouse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "graybar hotel"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "guardhouse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "gulag"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "hock"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "hole"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "honor farm"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "hoosegow"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "house of detention"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "iron house"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "jail"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "jailhouse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "joint"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "jug"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "juvenile hall"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "juvie"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "lockup"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "tags": [
        "offensive",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "nigger university"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "nick"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "pen"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "penal colony"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "penitentiary"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "pokey"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "porridge"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "prison"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "prison camp"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "prison farm"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "prison hulk"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "prison ship"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "tags": [
        "Polari"
      ],
      "word": "queer ken"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "remand center"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "roundhouse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "slammer"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "slam"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "stalag"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "stir"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "stockade"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "tags": [
        "South-Africa"
      ],
      "word": "tronk"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "up the river"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "workhouse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "Alcatraz"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "Attica"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "Bastille"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "Dartmoor"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "Devil's Island"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "Folsom"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "Hanoi Hilton"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "Leavenworth"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "Lefortovo"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "Maze"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "Pelican Bay"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "San Quentin"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "Sing Sing"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:jail",
      "word": "Tower"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ady",
      "lang": "Adyghe",
      "roman": "ḥɛps",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "хьэпс"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "tronk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "burg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sijn",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سِجْن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥabs",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَبْس"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bant",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "բանտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "həbs"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "espetxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "turmá",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "турма́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "astróh",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "астро́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "bzj",
      "lang": "Belizean Creole",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "jayl"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zatvór",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "затво́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "aps",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "апс"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.kyany:",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "အကျဉ်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "presó"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "didasdudi",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "ᏗᏓᏍᏚᏗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "監倉"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gaam¹ cong¹",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "监仓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "監獄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānyù",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "监狱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vězení"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fængsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gevangenis"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "arestejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "vangla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "poliisivankila"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "putka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "long-term",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "vankila"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "tyrmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prison"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geôle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadea"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trenla"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prisión"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "cixe",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "ციხე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saṗaṭimro",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "საპატიმრო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saṗq̇robile",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "საპყრობილე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gefängnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fylakí",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φυλακή"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "desmotírio",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δεσμωτήριο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kéle",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "כֶּלֶא"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "maasár",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מַאֲסָר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kārāgār",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कारागार"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bandīghar",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "बन्दीघर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jel",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "जेल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "qaidxānā",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "क़ैदख़ाना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "fogda"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "fogház"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "karcero"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "english": "long-term",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "penjara"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "bui"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "kurungan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "rumah tahanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "tyrmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "carcere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "prision"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carcair"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carcere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prigione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gattabuia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "galera"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんごく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kangoku",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "監獄"
    },
    {
      "code": "kix",
      "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "ākhòujām"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kuk",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "គុក"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gamok",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "감옥"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyodoso",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "교도소"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khuk",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "ຄຸກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carcer"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ferriterium"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zatvor",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "затвор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "aps",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "апс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "penjara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mic",
      "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "laplesoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xar ger",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "хар гэр"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "awáalya"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "fengsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "gibaakwa'odiiwigamig"
    },
    {
      "alt": "るーや",
      "code": "ryu",
      "lang": "Okinawan",
      "roman": "rūya",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "牢屋"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cweartern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "carcern"
    },
    {
      "code": "rsk",
      "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
      "roman": "harešt",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гарешт"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zendân",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "زندان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "habsxâne",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "حبسخانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bandixâne",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "word": "بندیخانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kjarkja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "place for short-term confinement",
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