Jail and Lock

Jail

Jail verb - To put in or as if in prison.

Usage example: threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked

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Lock and jail are semantically related in free topic. In some cases you can use "Lock" instead a verb "Jail".

Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

Lock verb - Fasten with a lock.

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Jail and lock are semantically related in free topic. Sometimes you can use "Jail" instead a verb "Lock".

Nearby Words: locked, lockup, locker, locket, lockout

old	old jail	old lock
special	special jail	special lock
alien	alien jail	alien lock
stupid	stupid jail	stupid lock
Other adjectives: actual, big, bad, secret, new, titular, different, magical.

jail times

lock times

Once in Hell, she comes across a hoodlum locked in jail, and kindly returns his knife so he can use it to pick the lock and get free.

Source: The Farmer and the Viper
Corner Gas: Davis voluntarily goes to jail for charity; the jail cell hasn't had a proper lock for years.

Source: Self-Restraint
The underwire in her bra helps Logan pick the lock to the jail cell, allowing them to escape.

Source: Series / Timeless

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