Tom jumped bail.
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Bail
//beɪl//
Synonyms for "bail" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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2 entriesderived
34 entriesShowing 16 of 34 words.
etymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
10 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
5 entriesrelated to
62 entriesShowing 16 of 62 words.
Translations
129 translations across 43 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀντλέω verb (to remove water)
Arabic
1 entries- كَفَالَة noun (security)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ведро noun (bucket or scoop)
- гаранция noun (security)
- залог noun (security)
- кофа noun (bucket or scoop)
Catalan
3 entries- caució noun (security)
- fiança noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
- sàssola noun (bucket or scoop)
Cebuano
2 entries- piyansa noun (security)
- piyansa noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 保釋 /保释 noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
- 保釋 /保释 noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
- 保釋金 /保释金 noun (security)
- 取保候審 /取保候审 noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
Czech
1 entries- kauce noun (security)
Danish
3 entries- kaution noun (security)
- kautionist noun (person providing such payment.)
- løsladelse mod kaution noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
Dutch
2 entries- borgtocht noun (security)
- borgtocht noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
Esperanto
1 entries- kaŭcio noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
Fijian
3 entries- inima noun (bucket or scoop)
- nimata verb (to remove water)
- nimata verb (to remove water from by scooping)
Finnish
4 entries- palikka noun (in cricket - crosspiece on top of the stump to form a wicket)
- sanka noun (hoop, ring or handle)
- takaaja noun (person providing such payment.)
- takuumies noun (person providing such payment.)
French
4 entries- anse noun (hoop, ring or handle)
- caution noun (security)
- caution noun (person providing such payment.)
- liberté sous caution noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
German
4 entries- Kaution noun (security)
- Kaution stellen verb (to secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail)
- ausschöpfen verb (to remove water from by scooping)
- leerpumpen verb (to remove water)
Greek
2 entries- εγγυητής noun (person providing such payment.)
- εγγύηση noun (security)
Gujarati
1 entries- ચકલી noun (in cricket - crosspiece on top of the stump to form a wicket)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pēla noun (security)
Hebrew
1 entries- ערבות noun (security)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- piyansa noun (security)
Hungarian
1 entries- óvadék noun (security)
Icelandic
1 entries- trygging noun (security)
Irish
4 entries- bannaí noun (security)
- taom verb (to remove water)
- taom verb (to remove water from by scooping)
- taosc verb (to remove water)
Italian
4 entries- cauzione noun (security)
- libertà provvisoria noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
- sassola noun (bucket or scoop)
- sgottare verb (to remove water)
Japanese
2 entries- 保釈 noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
- 保釈金 noun (security)
Latin
1 entries- vadimōnium noun (security)
Macedonian
1 entries- кауција noun (security)
Malay
2 entries- limas noun (bucket or scoop)
- menimba verb (to remove water)
Māori
4 entries- kapi noun (in cricket - crosspiece on top of the stump to form a wicket)
- moni taurangi noun (security)
- moni taurangi noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
- pērapu noun (A frame to restrain an animal)
Old English
1 entries- borg noun (security)
Palauan
1 entries- melimet verb (to remove water)
Persian
1 entries- وثیقه noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
Polish
2 entries- czerpak noun (bucket or scoop)
- kaucja noun (security)
Portuguese
4 entries- balde noun (bucket or scoop)
- baldeador noun (person who bails)
- caução noun (security)
- fiador noun (person providing such payment.)
Romanian
1 entries- cauțiune noun (security)
Russian
4 entries- зало́г noun (security)
- залогодатель noun (person providing such payment.)
- освобождение под залог noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
- вычёрпывать verb (to remove water)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- vjedro noun (bucket or scoop)
Spanish
4 entries- balde noun (bucket or scoop)
- caución noun (security)
- excarcelación so caución noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
- fianza noun (security)
Swedish
3 entries- borgen noun (security)
- borgen noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
- borgenär noun (person providing such payment.)
Tagalog
4 entries- lagak-panagot noun (security)
- panlimas noun (bucket or scoop)
- piyansa noun (security)
- piyansa noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
Turkish
1 entries- kefalet noun (security)
Urdu
2 entries- ضمانت noun (security)
- ضَمانَت noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
Vietnamese
4 entries- người đóng tiền tại ngoại noun (person providing such payment.)
- tiền tại ngoại noun (security)
- tại ngoại noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
- tại ngoại hậu cứu noun (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
Welsh
1 entries- mechnïaeth noun (security)
Sample sentences
37 total sentences available.
Tom is arranging bail.
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It's so typical of him to bail out at the last minute.
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Don't you dare bail on me.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.