Jail and Net

Jail

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

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Net and jail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Net" instead a verb "Jail".

Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

Net verb - To catch or hold as if in a net.

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Jail and net are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Jail" instead a verb "Net".

Nearby Word: netting

old	old jail	old net
special	special jail	special net
regular	regular jail	regular net
small	small jail	small net
Other adjectives: strong, big, tiny, local, indestructible, magical, bigger.

Every episode of the Cromartie High School anime adaptation began with a scene of the protagonist alone in a jail cell, with a warning that imitating the show's antics would net one a similar fate.

Source: Do Not Attempt
Mr. Chapel in Vengeance Unlimited often hunts down killers who got off on a technicality, along with killers released from jail and ones the police never tracked down, but his net is wider, he doesn't kill his target, and he only does it for a million... or a favor.

Source: Off on a Technicality

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