to lag
- verb
- /læɡ/
- Archaic
:
meter en la cárcel (informal)
- The police threatened him with being lagged if he continued to break the law.
Examples
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In the old stories, criminals would often find themselves lagged for their misdeeds.
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The judge decided to lag the defendant until the trial date was set.
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Anyone lags, he's got duty for a week—and you get Red for a corporal!"
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
178
4.2
Put someone in prison as a punishment or keep them locked up
115
5.8
To lock someone in prison or a secure place
108
2.1
To put someone in prison as punishment
45
4.4
To delay someone or something so they are late
26
4.3
Send a person to prison as punishment
25
8.5
To put someone back in custody until their next hearing
18
8.4
To put someone in prison and keep them there
1
9.9
To lock someone inside a room or building against their will
To put someone in prison as punishment
To put someone in jail
Compounds
- US
1
6.7
A heavy screw with a large head that joins wood pieces when you turn it with a wrench
A Jewish holiday on the 33rd day of the Omer that people celebrate with bonfires and picnics
- US
A large strong screw with a square or six-sided head driven with a wrench into wood to hold heavy things
How Confined
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lag (to put in jail) comes from old British prison slang where a lag was a prisoner, and a helpful way to remember this is to think of a lag as someone 'left behind' by freedom.