jailing

v. put in prison, incarcerate, jail, detain

Noun
1. 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)
(synonym) jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer
(hypernym) correctional institution
(hyponym) bastille
(derivation) imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jug, gaol, put away, remand
Verb
1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
(synonym) imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jug, gaol, put away, remand
(hypernym) confine, detain
(derivation) prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey
(classification) law, jurisprudence

Synonyms and related words:
captivity, close arrest, confinement, detention, dismemberment, durance, durance vile, duress, estrapade, galleys, hard labor, house arrest, immuration, immurement, impalement, imprisonment, incarceration, internment, keelhauling, martyrdom, penal servitude, picketing, railriding, rock pile, strappado, tar-and-feathering, term of imprisonment, the gantlet, torment, torture
  

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