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to jug

to jug

1 9.9
To put someone in jail
  • verb
  • /dʒʌg/
  • Archaic
: meter en la cárcel
  • - They'll jug you right alongside of me.

It said, don't jug, don't jug, definitely don't jug.

Examples

  • I'll send the cops out in squad cars the night before the election, jug all the hoodlums.

    Capone (1975)

  • The police will jug suspects if they are caught breaking the law.

  • It said, don't jug, don't jug, definitely don't jug.

    The Basement Yard

  • If you keep causing trouble, they might jug you for the night.

  • The officers decided to jug him after he refused to cooperate.

Synonyms

to put away
vsto jug
147 5.8

To lock someone in prison or a secure place

is slang used broadly not necessarily implying long term punishment
to imprison
vsto jug
  • Formal
131 4.2

Put someone in prison as a punishment or keep them locked up

is slang and casual rather than formal legal or official language
to incarcerate
vsto jug
  • Formal
90 8.4

To put someone in prison and keep them there

is informal slang not the formal legal term for that confinement
to gaol
vsto jug
  • Archaic
64 9.9

To put someone in prison as punishment

is slang speech instead of that standard non-slang expression
to remand
vsto jug
  • Jargon
35 8.5

To put someone back in custody until their next hearing

is slang for confinement and not specifically a legal order before trial
to put behind bars
vsto jug
31 4.3

Send a person to prison as punishment

is a more informal slangy way to say that action
to jail
vsto jug
8 2.1

To put someone in prison as punishment

is an informal slang rather than a neutral or formal expression
to immure
vsto jug
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To lock someone inside a room or building against their will

is informal slang for arrest rather than a literary walling up
to lag
vsto jug
  • Archaic
9.9

To put someone in jail

is general modern slang rather than a regional or archaic usage

Antonyms

release
282 1.8

An act of letting someone or something go free from being held

to liberate
202 4.3

Set someone free from prison or unfair control

Compounds

water jug
4 1.0

A container for holding and pouring water

jug band
1 7.9

A group that plays music with jugs, washboards, and other homemade instruments

jug wine
  • US
1 4.3

A cheap wine that comes in large bottles and is usually low quality

jug-eared
  • Offensive
1 8.2

A person with large ears that stick out from the head

toby jug
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A large mug shaped like a man wearing a three-cornered hat used to serve beer

whiskey jug
  • US
1 3.5

A container for holding or serving whiskey

Toby Fillpot jug
9.9

A ceramic drinking mug shaped like a short man wearing a tricorn hat

How Confined

to imprison
  • Formal
131 4.2
jail
418 1.0
to jug
  • Archaic
1 9.9
to detain
  • Formal
197 5.9
arrest
∞ 2.7

Surface Forms

jug infinitive
jugged past
jugged past participle
jugging present participle
jugs third person singular

Etymology

The slang verb jug (to put someone in jail) comes from British use of the jug to mean 'prison'. So to 'jug' someone is to send them to 'the jug', which is why it means to arrest or confine someone.