to gaol

Examples

• All

• The authorities decided to gaol the activist for his controversial views.

• In 1970, the Establishment determined to punish the ideas of the 1960s by gaoling the long-haired editors of Oz magazine, charged not only with obscenity but with 'conspiracy to corrupt public morals.'

  Academic text (2010)

• They want to target and jail their critics.

• They want to target and jail their critics.

• Just they have to put her in jail to get her out of society 'cause she's just so, so noobie and everything.

• As I was saying, we've got to jail all The Dirty hippies.

• He looked at me with red face and said, I'm putting this mother in jail and you're not going to stop me.

• He dared to come back to Russia and he was apprehended and put to jail right in the airport when he boarded off the plane.

• Of course, it could be because the rate at which men of color are gaoled requires masculinity to be decentred as the sole location of analysis.

  Blog text (19)

• After the trial, the judge chose to gaol the defendant for his repeated offenses.

Synonyms

I

to imprison

vsto gaol

• Formal

178 4.2

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

is a general term for confining someone without stressing punishment

P

to put away

vsto gaol

115 5.8

To lock someone in prison or a secure place

describes the act itself without implying length of custody

J

to jail

vsto gaol

108 2.1

To put someone in prison as punishment

is the same action but written in an older form

P

to put behind bars

vsto gaol

26 4.3

Send a person to prison as punishment

is the neutral term for placing someone into confinement

R

to remand

vsto gaol

• Jargon

25 8.5

To put someone back in custody until their next hearing

is the broader idea of placing someone into confinement generally

I

to incarcerate

vsto gaol

• Formal

18 8.4

To put someone in prison and keep them there

is the general act of placing someone under confinement

I

to immure

vsto gaol

• Archaic

1 9.9

To lock someone inside a room or building against their will

focuses on legal or official confinement rather than literal enclosure

J

to jug

vsto gaol

• Archaic

9.9

To put someone in jail

is the standard neutral expression rather than slang

L

to lag

vsto gaol

• Archaic

9.9

To put someone in jail

is the modern standard word for confining someone

Antonyms

R

release

279 1.8

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

How Confined

to incarcerate

• Formal

18 8.4

to imprison

• Formal

178 4.2

to gaol

• Archaic

9.9

to detain

• Formal

169 5.9

Surface Forms

Etymology