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lag

verb [T] (PRISON)
 
 
/læɡ/ (-gg-) Australian English informal

Definition

to send someone to prison or to arrest someonePutting people in prisonArresting and charging
(Definition of lag verb (PRISON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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