Jail and Surround

Jail

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

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

Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

Surround verb - To form a circle around.

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Jail and surround are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Jail" instead a verb "Surround".

Nearby Words: surrounded, surrounding

jail person

surround person

Bullying a Dragon: When Hancock goes to jail, the prisoners, who he put there, surround and heckle him.

Source: Film / Hancock
And when you do, suddenly the police surround you, and you find yourself on trial and convicted of murder, treated as a monster, and rotting away in jail.

Source: Kafka Komedy

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