jail
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noun
e.g. he served 15 months in jail
e.g. as modifier : a jail sentence.
«…の罪で» 〈人が〉投獄［拘置］される «for»
e.g. the driver was jailed for two years.
USAGE
see usage at prison.
>In North America, prison specifically denotes a facility run by the state (in Canada provincial) or federal government for those who have been convicted of serious crimes, whereas jail denotes a locally run facility for those awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
ORIGIN
Middle English: based on Latin cavea (see cage). The word came into English in two forms, jaiole from Old French and gayole from Anglo-Norman French gaole (surviving in the spelling gaol), originally pronounced with a hard g, as in goat.