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As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

Violators face up to nine months in jail or as much as $10,000 in fines.

There are millions of stories that end with black boys in jail cells.

Brinsley got out of jail last July, and was desperate and aimless.

Some of them, including Kurnosova, escaped the country as they faced a possible jail term for their opposition activity.

Why have I never heard until the day before yesterday of your suffering yourself to be cooped up in jail?

They say that if he gets a judgment against you, Elder, he will put you in jail, and all that; but of course that couldn't be.

Casey was arrested and conveyed to jail under great popular excitement.

For these people, under the older dispensation, there was nothing but the poorhouse, the jail or starvation by the roadside.

On the Mabolo road there is a Leper Hospital, and the ruins of a partly well-built jail which was never completed.

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On this page you'll find 84 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to jail, such as: cell, lockup, penitentiary, prison, bastille, and brig.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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