jailing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of jail

noun

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.”