jailing

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jailing

/ˈd͡ʒeɪlɪŋ/

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of jail

noun jailings

An instance of a person being jailed. 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.
Similar: incarceration, imprisonment

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@misc{jailing_2026,
  title = {jailing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jailing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}