jail

hapishane, cezaevi

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Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Nasıl kullanılır: in jail (Her brother is still in jail.); go to jail (He could go to jail for stealing the money.)

Eş anlamlılar: prison

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: in jail, go to jail, jail sentence, local jail

hapsetmek, hapse atmak

Birini hapishaneye koymak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To put someone in prison.

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

Nasıl kullanılır: jail someone for something (The court jailed him for fraud.); be jailed for a period (She was jailed for six months.)

Eş anlamlılar: imprison, lock up

Zıt anlamlılar: release, free

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: jail someone, jail someone for something