Academy and Jail

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Academy noun - A place or establishment for teaching and learning.

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Jail and academy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jail" instead a noun "Academy".

Jail noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.

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Academy and jail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Academy" instead a noun "Jail".

Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

old	old academy	old jail
full	full academy	full jail
special	special academy	special jail
regular	regular academy	regular jail
Other adjectives: actual, real, big, private, secret, new, military, titular, local, foreign.

Carey Mahoney only joins the police academy (rather than the military) because it was that or jail time.

Source: Trading Bars for Stripes
Corrupt Cop: Police corruption was endemic, to the point that an entire academy year of the Miami PD ended up dead or in jail over drug-related corruption.

Source: Film / Cocaine Cowboys
Mahoney from Police Academy is given a choice between joining the police or facing jail for his Karmic Trickster actions.

Source: Karmic Trickster

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