I.
( BrE also gaol ) noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ city ( esp. AmE ), county , local
▪ high-security , maximum-security , top-security (all esp. BrE )
▪ private
▪ overcrowded
VERB + JAIL
▪ go to
▪
He's gone to ~ for fraud.
▪ put sb in , send sb to , throw sb into
▪ keep sb in
▪ keep sb out of
▪
His lawyer worked hard to keep him out of ~.
▪ be freed from , be out of , be released from , get out of
▪
She could be out of ~ in two years.
▪ escape from
▪ threaten sb with
▪
He was threatened with ~ if evidence of a hoax was discovered.
▪ face
▪ avoid , escape
▪
She avoided ~ by pleading insanity.
JAIL + NOUN
▪ sentence , term , time
▪ cell
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
riots at Strangeways ~
▪ in (a/the) ~
▪
How long has she been in ~?
▪
There was a fire in the ~ last night.
II.
verb
Jail is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ dissident