jailing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeɪlɪŋ/

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 New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

• incarceration
• imprisonment

Anagrams

• Jingali, Lijiang