Department and Jail

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Department noun - A large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization.

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

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

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

Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

human	human department	human jail
old	old department	old jail
full	full department	full jail
special	special department	special jail
Other adjectives: normal, regular, small, actual, real, big, horrible, secret, functional, new, military, titular, different, local, magical.

Barry works at the police department in evidence, and Larry works at the city jail.

Source: Video Game / Blue Force
After serving twelve years and being treated horrifically for being a cop in jail, he was released, sued the police department and got his job back (along with millions of dollars).

Source: Establishing Character Moment / Live-Action TV
In metropolitan counties, the sheriff's department generally runs the jail and does process serving, among other duties.

Source: The Sheriff

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