jail

prison

Lieu où l’on enferme des personnes soupçonnées d’un crime ou condamnées pour en avoir commis un.

En anglais simple : A place where people are kept because they are suspected of a crime or have been punished for one.

• He is in jail.
• She spent three months in jail for theft.
• The police took the suspect to the local jail.

Comment l'utiliser : in jail (Her brother is still in jail.); go to jail (He could go to jail for stealing the money.)

Synonymes : prison

Expressions courantes : in jail, go to jail, jail sentence, local jail

emprisonner

Mettre quelqu’un en prison.

En anglais simple : To put someone in prison.

• The judge jailed him.
• She was jailed for stealing public money.
• The authorities have jailed several protesters.

Comment l'utiliser : jail someone for something (The court jailed him for fraud.); be jailed for a period (She was jailed for six months.)

Synonymes : imprison, lock up

Contraires : release, free

Expressions courantes : jail someone, jail someone for something