Definitions of jailhouse in English
noun
(1) A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence
(2) A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
Examples of jailhouse in English
(1) The first morning they visited the jailhouse , two prisoners were behind bars.
(2) I had them placed into protective custody at the jailhouse in Hamburg.
(3) He kissed Bathsheba's pale hand and marched out of the building toward the jailhouse , later to be confined for life in an institution.
(4) The jailhouse diet
(5) Without their intelligence, the enforcement people end up investigating small time drug offenders on tips from the police, or hanging out at the local jailhouse looking for aliens to deport.
(6) Jailhouse brawl
(7) His jailhouse stories
(8) CompuDyne also supplies security and specialty engineering and telecom products to the military and intelligence agencies, electronic security products for prisons, and all-steel jailhouses .
synonyms of jailhouse
jail
slammer
gaol
pokey
clink
poky
