to lag
- verb
- /læɡ/
- Archaic
- 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
147
5.8
To lock someone in prison or a secure place
131
4.2
Put someone in prison as a punishment or keep them locked up
90
8.4
To put someone in prison and keep them there
64
9.9
To put someone in prison as punishment
35
8.5
To put someone back in custody until their next hearing
31
4.3
Send a person to prison as punishment
14
4.4
To delay someone or something so they are late
8
2.1
To put someone in prison as punishment
1
9.9
To lock someone inside a room or building against their will
1
9.9
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
1
9.9
A Jewish holiday on the 33rd day of the Omer that people celebrate with bonfires and picnics
- US
1
6.8
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.