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Commit :: Commit (v. t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.

Durance :: Durance (n.) Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.

Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

Jug :: Jug (v. t.) To commit to jail; to imprison.

Gaol :: Gaol (n.) A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail..

Jail :: "Jail (n.) A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding..

Jug :: Jug (n.) A prison; a jail; a lockup.

Tollbooth :: Tollbooth (n.) In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail..

Gailer :: Gailer (n.) A jailer.

Enjailing :: Enjailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enjal.

Enjailed :: Enjailed (imp. & p. p.) of Enjal.

Alcayde :: Alcayde (n.) The warden, or keeper of a jail..

Jail :: Jail (v. t.) To imprison.

Incarcerate :: Incarcerate (v. t.) To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.

Engaol :: Engaol (v. t.) To put in jail; to imprison.

Typhus :: Typhus (n.) A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail..

Enjall :: Enjall (v. t.) To put into jail; to imprison.

Congee :: Congee (n.) A jail; a lockup.

Garnish :: Garnish (v. t.) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer..

Jailer :: Jailer (n.) The keeper of a jail or prison.

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