jailed
Meaning of jailed
- put (someone) in jail.
the driver was jailed for two years
Middle English: based on Latin cavea (see cage). The word came into English in two forms, jaiole from Old French and gayole from Anglo-Norman French gaole (surviving in the spelling gaol ), originally pronounced with a hard g, as in goat .
Information about jailed
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of jailed
jailed
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- jailed is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
jailed synonyms
Meaning captive:
Meaning put or keep in prison or a place like a prison:
Meaning imprison or confine:
Meaning confine (someone) as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons:
Meaning keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time):
Meaning keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention:
Meaning grasp, carry, or support with one's hands:
Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:
Meaning enclose or confine (someone) against their will:
jailed antonyms
Meaning free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty:
Meaning allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free:
Translation of jailed
- Spanish: encarcelado, encarcelada
- Italian: incarcerato, imprigionato
- German: eingesperrt, inhaftiert, eingeknastet
Anagrams of jailed
Words that rhyme with jailed
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