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Meanings of gaol in anglès

portuguès
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calabós
espanyol
cárcel

A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

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engarjolar

Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.

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Usage of gaol in anglès
1
None the less, she had passed several nights in the local gaol.
South Wind
2
Matthew said, as the gaol-keeper found the proper key from his ring.
Speaks the Nightbird
3
The fellow sent for me to go and see him in gaol.
Summer
4
They only represent the criminals actually in gaol on a given day.
In Darkest England, and the Way Out
5
So Maliwe was marched, carrying the corpus delicti, in to the gaol.
Kafir Stories: Seven Short Stories
6
I shall quit it directly; I shall go to gaol at once.'
Henrietta Temple: A Love Story
7
We proceeded to the gaol and released thirty Loyalists and British soldiers.
School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time
8
For such slight offences were printers sent to gaol in those days.
Men of Invention and Industry
9
I saw hundreds of these Vandemonians, during my four months in gaol.
The Eureka Stockade
10
To gaol; but hurry up, let us put an end to this.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
11
At the end of the day, it will be a gaol again.
Speaks the Nightbird
12
She met him at the gaol gates, and brought him straight here.
Jude the Obscure
13
They can speak in the gaol as well as in the meetinghouse!
Speaks the Nightbird
14
Even if it were so, I could not send him to gaol.
The Home and the World
15
I can't help but think of you in gaol, and by yourself.
Three Plays: The Fiddler's House, The Land, Thomas Muskerry
16
But if you marry this gaol bird you decline to his condition.
If I Were King
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Gaol across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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