jailing

jailing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪlɪŋ/

Verb

jailing

  1. present participle and gerund of jail

Noun

jailing (plural jailings)

  1. An instance of a person being jailed.
    • 2009 February 22, Kevin Baker, “Blood on the Street”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 25 January 2021:
      Efforts to unionize were routinely met with clubbings, shootings, jailings, blacklistings and executions, perpetrated not only by well-armed legions of company goons, but also by police officers, deputies, National Guardsmen and even regular soldiers.

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