Is this your crossword clue?
"jail" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often prison (6 letters).
Definitions
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English gayole, borrowed from Anglo-Norman jaiole, from Late Latin caveola, from Latin cavea (“cage”) + -ola (diminutive ending). Doublet of caveola and related to cage. More at cajole.
Used in a sentence
“serve time in jail”
“released from jail”
“jail sentence”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Place of confinement”4 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
J___