jailing in English

verb

1

put (someone) in jail.

the driver was jailed for two years

synonyms: imprison, put in prison, send to prison, incarcerate, lock up, put away, intern, detain, hold (prisoner/captive), put into detention, put behind bars, put inside

verb

• imprison, put in prison, send to prison, incarcerate, lock up, put away, intern, detain, hold (prisoner/captive), put into detention, put behind bars, put inside
• put behind bars, remand, gaol, lag, imprison, put away, jug, immure, incarcerate

Use "jailing" in a sentence

1. Some C.O.s feel that they're jailing with you.

2. The judiciary must think very hard before jailing non-violent offenders.

3. 2 The judiciary must think very hard before jailing non-violent offenders.

4. Jailing of French Tourist Complicates Bid to Resolve Iran Nuclear Tensions

5. I want to go up by jailing bad guys since I have no connections!

6. Some politicians have realised that there are more artful ways of subduing people than shooting or jailing them.

7. 2 days ago · Jailing of French Tourist Complicates Bid to Resolve Iran Nuclear Tensions

8. Corralling (also: confining, locking up, jailing, penning, caging, bolting in, penning up, penning in, caging up, putting sb

9. But he has signaled in other ways his lack of interest in jailing women and their doctors if a fetus is aborted.

10. But speaking to belief of Absurdities provoking injustices, what leaped to mind was the jailing of one Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, he of “Innocence of Muslims” fame

11. “Instead of harassing and jailing women’s rights activists, the Chinese government should engage them as allies in combating gender discrimination in the job market – and beyond,” Richardson said.