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jailing

SayJAY-ling/ˈd͡ʒeɪlɪŋ/

Pluraljailings

2 meanings of jailing

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    The act of putting someone in jail.

    His jailing made the front page of every local paper.

    The jailings of the protesters caused public anger.

    Similarimprisonment, incarceration, detention

    Oppositerelease

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  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of jail. Use it for the act of locking someone up, or with words like "is" and "was".

    The guards were jailing the prisoners one by one.

    Jailing people for unpaid fines seemed unfair to many.

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jailing is a form of jail

jail, verb: To put a person in a jail as a prisoner. Full entry

Forms
jailjails he/she/itjailing -ing formjailed past tense, past participle
Spelling
jail → jailing: add -ing

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