| bastille |
a prison or jail. [1/2 definitions] |
| behind bars |
in jail or prison. |
| calaboose |
(informal) a jail or prison. |
| can2 |
(slang) jail. [1/9 definitions] |
| cellmate |
a person that one shares a prison or jail cell with. |
| convict |
a person who is serving time in jail or prison. [1/3 definitions] |
| cooler |
(slang) jail. [1/3 definitions] |
| do time |
to spend time in jail or prison as a person convicted of a crime. |
| dungeon |
a jail or jail cell, esp. a dark, damp one underground. |
| gaol |
(chiefly British) variant of "jail." |
| house arrest |
legal confinement of a person under arrest in his or her home, a hospital, or a public building rather than in jail or prison. |
| inmate |
someone who is restricted to a jail, hospital, or the like. |
| jail |
to place in or as if in a jail; imprison. [1/3 definitions] |
| jailbird |
(informal) someone who is serving or has served time in jail; convict. |
| jailbreak |
a forcible escape from jail. |
| jailer |
one responsible for the maintenance and security of a jail. [1/2 definitions] |
| jug |
(slang) a jail. [1/7 definitions] |
| lockup |
a jail, esp. one where accused persons are held to await a court appearance. [2 definitions] |
| probation |
the supervised release of a convict from jail or prison for a certain period of time, which is considered a trial period before full release. [1/2 definitions] |
| turnkey |
one who has control of the keys in a prison or jail; jailer. [1/2 definitions] |