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jailing

jailing ‎(plural jailings)

An instance of a person being jailed.
- 2009 February 22, Kevin Baker, “Blood on the Street”, in New York Times:
  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.