gaol

[US]/dʒeɪl/
[UK]/dʒeɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a prison or a place of detention
vt. to imprison
Word Forms
Past Tensegaoled
Present Participlegaoling
Past Participlegaoled
Third Person Singulargaols
Pluralgaols

Example Sentences

He was sent to gaol for stealing.

The criminal was finally caught and put in gaol.

She visited her brother in gaol every weekend.

The gaol was heavily guarded to prevent any escape attempts.

He spent five years in gaol before being released on parole.

The gaol cell was small and cramped.

The gaol warden monitored the inmates closely.

The escapee was caught and returned to gaol.

She works as a counselor in the gaol, helping inmates with their rehabilitation.

The gaol was known for its strict discipline and rules.

Real-world Examples

" Are the great old houses gaols" ?

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

That fellow is just out of gaol this morning.

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

The fellow sent for me to go and see him in gaol.

Source: Summer

She met him at the gaol gates, and brought him straight here.

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

I waited for his whistle—I waited for the gallows or the gaol!

Source: Amateur Thief Rafiz

I nearly got into gaol trying to rescue a hack driver from a police constable.

Source: Family and the World (Part 2)

" Even if it were so, I could not send him to gaol. But why should he have left the rest of the money lying about" ?

Source: Family and the World (Part 2)

A suspended interest and a prevalent absence of mind, were perhaps observed by the spies who looked in at the wine-shop, as they looked in at every place, high and low, from the king’s palace to the criminal’s gaol.

Source: A Tale of Two Cities (Original Version)

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