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gaol

 
Noun gaol has 1 sense
  1. jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer - 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)
    --1 is a kind of correctional institution
    --1 has particulars:
     bastille; holding cell; hoosegow, hoosgow; house of correction; lockup; pokey; workhouse
    Derived form: verb gaol1
Verb gaol has 1 sense
  1. imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand - 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"
    --1 is one way to confine, detain
    Derived forms: noun gaoler1, noun gaol1
    Sample sentence:
    They want to gaol the prisoners
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