skip\ bail

skip\ bail
• jump bail
• skip bail
v. phr. informal
To run away and fail to come to trial, and so to give up a certain amount of money already given to a court of law to hold with the promise that you would come.

The robber paid $2000 bail so he wouldn't be put in jail before his trial, but he jumped bail and escaped to Mexico.

The man skipped bail because he was afraid the court might put him in jail for a long time.


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  • skip bail — See: JUMP BAIL …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • skip bail — phrasal to jump bail …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • skip bail — run away and not come to trial and therefore give up any money that you may have already paid the court The man didn t want to go to jail so he skipped bail and went to another city …   Idioms and examples

  • skip bail — escape while released on bond …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bail — I n. 1) to grant, set bail 2) to post, put up, stand bail for; (colloq.) to go bail for 3) to make, raise bail 4) to deny smb. bail 5) to forfeit, jump, skip bail 6) on bail (to release smb. on bail; to be set free on a thousand dollars bail) II… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • bail — I n 1.Low. surety, bond, bail bond, warranty, security, collateral, guarantee, deposit; pledge, plight, sponsorship. 2. bailor, bondsman, sponsor, backer, backup, custodian. 3. go or stand bail for bail out, bond, get [s.o.] out on bail, put up… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • bail — bail1 [beıl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: keeping someone as a prisoner , from baillier to deliver, keep as a prisoner , from Medieval Latin bajulare to control , from Latin bajulus someone who carries loads ] 1.) [U] money left with …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bail — bail1 [ beıl ] noun uncount * money that is given to a court when someone is allowed to stay out of prison until their trial. If they do not return for the trial, the court keeps the money: She posted bail of $10,000 (=paid this amount as bail)… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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