jail

A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

Confinement in a jail.

horse racingThe condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).

In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.

computingfreebsdusually uncountableA kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.

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)

To imprison.

Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

“The suspects were imprisoned without trial”

“the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life”