Jail and Pick up

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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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Pick up and jail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pick up" instead a verb "Jail".
Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

Pick up

Pick up verb - To take or keep under one's control by authority of law.
Usage example: police picked up the fugitive when she went out to buy food
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Jail and pick up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Jail" instead a verb "Pick up".

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  • Badass Decay Then he finds out that the only reason he got him out of jail was so the Kingpin could be HIS lickspittle for awhile, and tells him to go pick up his laundry.
    Source: Badass Decay
  • Recap / The Simpsons S 6 E 4 Itchy And Scratchy Land Sarcasm-Blind: When Marge goes to pick up Homer and Bart in jail: Marge: I'm so embarrassed, I wish there was a hole I could just crawl into and die.
    Source: Recap / The Simpsons S 6 E 4 Itchy And Scratchy Land
  • Film / Modern Times He's soon mistakenly accused of being a Communist after accidentally and unknowingly happening to participate in a socialist march and pick up a red flag someone had dropped, and is thrown in jail.
    Source: Film / Modern Times
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