jailing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of jail

plural jailings

1. 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.

   2009 February 22, Kevin Baker, “Blood on the Street”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021

   Synonyms: incarceration, imprisonment