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jail

( also UK gaol)
 
 
/dʒeɪl/ noun [C, U]

Translation

a place where criminals are kept as a punishment
hapishane, cezaevi
He ended up in jail.68698699
(Definition of jail noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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