Chain
Chain verb - To confine or restrain with or as if with chains.
Jail
Jail verb - To put in or as if in prison.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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In SimCity 4, if you build the jail, chain gangs will show up on the streets in the vicinity of the building, performing manual labour with pickaxes on the roadside.
Source: Working on the Chain Gang -
Chained Heat: Episode 11 of the '88 series had Iyami and Chibita escape from jail stuck together by a chain on their bellies.
Source: Manga / Osomatsu-kun - In a Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius episode, the titular character (who is ten) is thrown in an adult jail and forced to work on a chain gang after being accused of a crime, before a trial.
Source: Hollywood Law
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