What is another word for "jail"?
Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "jail": accession, agency, agent, agentship, and, appointment, assignment, attorney, authority, avoid, avoidance, avolation, away, bacon, belle, bird, break, brevet, call, captive, capture, charge, charter, clear, clerkship, close, collar, come, commission, consignee, consignment, coop, coronation, creep, custody, delegate, delegation, deliverance, deputation, deputy.
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- Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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