Word "BAIL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
Synonyms:
bail bond, bond
Examples:
the judge set bail at $10,000

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
empty (a vessel) by bailing

Crossword Clues for BAIL

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Duck out early LA Times Daily 09 Aug 2025
Call off plans abruptly New York Times 02 Aug 2025
Bounce suddenly USA Today 01 Aug 2025
Court payment Commuter 30 Jul 2025
Leave the party early
Bar on typewriter one will release, security beir given (4)
Leave folks hanging LA Times Daily 19 Jul 2025
Ladle water (4)
Absconders may jump this bar on cricket pitch The Times Cryptic 08 Jul 2025
Ditch TV 29 Jun 2025
Scoop out water Commuter 17 Jun 2025
Use a bucket in a boat
Money posted in court Newsday 04 Jun 2025
Suspect's temporary release upon payment of security The Times Concise 03 Jun 2025
Renege (on) LA Times Daily 31 May 2025
Decide not to go at the last minute
Get-out-of-jail payment
Cash paid as security Puzzler Backwords 08 May 2025
Arrestee's hope
It's paid to leave jail
Some criminals skip it Wall Street Journal 19 Apr 2025
Ditch your plans with little warning
Security against court appearance (4)
Money that can buy freedom
Pretrial security USA Today Quick 07 Apr 2025
Remove the leaky boat's water
Get-out-of-jail money Thomas Joseph 02 Apr 2025
Cricket crosspiece The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 24 Mar 2025
Limited release? The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 14 Mar 2025
Security for court appearance, (4)
Target of Illinois' Pretrial Fairness Act USA Today 12 Mar 2025
Surety money put on top of wicket (4) Puzzler Cryptic 04 Mar 2025
See 3 The Guardian Cryptic 03 Mar 2025
Not stick around LA Times Daily 02 Mar 2025
One of the crosspieces which sit on cricket stumps (4)
Bucket in a boat Newsday 20 Feb 2025
Get-out-of-jail money
In cricket, either of the small wooden bars placed across the top of a set of stumps to form a wicket Mirror Quiz 07 Feb 2025
Ditch, as a birthday party
Temporary release upon payment (4)
Scoop up water in a boat (4)
Skip out of a party New York Times 21 Jan 2025
Help (out) LA Times Daily 14 Jan 2025
Man loses heart in empty boat (4) Puzzler Cryptic 12 Jan 2025
Security to procure release (4)
Release money Eugene Sheffer 31 Dec 2024
___ out, scoop water from a boat (4) Puzzler 17 Dec 2024
Ditch, say TV 15 Dec 2024
Scoop out water Commuter 11 Dec 2024
Post bond
Leave suddenly Newsday 24 Nov 2024
Bar on cricket pitch sometimes jumped by miscreants? The Times Quick Cryptic 09 Nov 2024
Temporary release from custody (4)
Flake New York Times 25 Oct 2024
Get-out-of-jail money
Small wooden crosspiece that sits on top of a set of stumps in a game of cricket (4)
Skip out (on) Premier Sunday 29 Sep 2024
Security's essentially reliable in retirement (4)
Even Abba will require security (4)
Abandon one's social plans New York Times 17 Sep 2024
Get-out-of-jail money
Surety money put on top of wicket (4) Puzzler Cryptic 17 Sep 2024
Financial security given for the release of a prisoner awaiting trial (4)
Cancel your plans
Cancel your plans at the last minute
Bond allows criminal to go free - for a while
Defendant's bond money
Bishop has trouble getting security (4)
Leave abruptly LA Times Daily 08 Sep 2024
It will get you out of jail in Bali
Leave suddenly Universal 02 Sep 2024
Dip out suddenly USA Today 22 Aug 2024
Prematurely withdraw a bond The Times Sunday Cryptic 18 Aug 2024
Surety money put on top of wicket (4) Puzzler Cryptic 12 Aug 2024
After losing son, chap's empty The Times Cryptic 10 Aug 2024
Back out unexpectedly New York Times 18 Jul 2024
Security for one's appearance with one less alibi to arrange (4)
Jump ship Commuter 24 Jun 2024
A little bar at lords for instance (4)
Cancel plans at the last minute
In cricket, a small wooden bar placed upon the stumps (4)
Security the batsman hopes won't be disturbed (4)
Bundle of hay reportedly used for the temporary release of accused person
Pretrial court payment Commuter 05 Jun 2024
It may be jumped, the piece atop the stumps (4)
Find two on a wicket (4) The Guardian Quick 24 May 2024
Release on security (4)
Security liable to be given up without the French (4)
Security, bond or pledge
Security money
Cash paid as security Puzzler Backwords 19 Apr 2024
Flake (on) LA Times Daily 16 Apr 2024
Bought an illicit lager initially from bar (4)
It's paid to leave jail
Part of a wicket (4)
Pitch water
Scoop water
Flake, so to speak New York Times 17 Mar 2024
Surety you may need get rid of water (4)
Release a bit of cricket equipment The Guardian Cryptic 08 Mar 2024
How to get water out of part of typewriter (4)
Exit early in slang
Crosspiece of wicket (4)
One's security against attendance is seen atop the stumps (4)
Abandon a situation, informally Universal 14 Feb 2024
Flake out at the last minute USA Today 13 Feb 2024
Get-out-of-jail money
Jail money
Something a person in jail might make New York Times 30 Jan 2024
Help (out) New York Times 27 Jan 2024
Release from custody
Clear water from a boat Mirror Tea Time 20 Jan 2024
Cut out early LA Times Daily 18 Jan 2024
Surety Mirror Classic 13 Jan 2024
Granted to an offender in Bali
It gets you out of prison (4)
Suddenly back out USA Today 08 Jan 2024
Remove (water) from a boat The Times Concise 02 Jan 2024
Cut out early LA Times Daily 28 Dec 2023
Leave a party early USA Today 19 Dec 2023
Could be granted to an offender in Bali
Surety for a person awaiting trial (4) Puzzler 29 Nov 2023
Empty out water
It's paid to leave jail
Money for release Thomas Joseph 19 Oct 2023
High court figure, at times New York Times 05 Oct 2023
Can opener? Wall Street Journal 05 Sep 2023
Release money Eugene Sheffer 29 Aug 2023
Temporary-release-from-jail money
Russian saint losing heart — assurance wanted The Times Cryptic 10 Aug 2023
Flake (on) Universal 04 Aug 2023
Ditch, as a party
Leave suddenly USA Today 01 Jul 2023
Can opener? Wall Street Journal 23 Jun 2023
Money for a prisoner's release
Scram from danger Newsday 28 May 2023
Release money Eugene Sheffer 08 May 2023
___ fund (prison abolitionist's organization) USA Today 06 May 2023
Get-out-of-jail money
Flake out USA Today 07 Apr 2023
Money used to temporarily get out of jail
Release money Eugene Sheffer 15 Mar 2023
Get out while the getting is good Wall Street Journal 11 Feb 2023
Scram from danger Newsday 09 Feb 2023
You get in trouble if you skip it Wall Street Journal 10 Jan 2023
Flee, so to speak Newsday 18 Dec 2022
Get-out-of-jail money
Price to get out of jail
The ___ Project (pretrial support group) USA Today 18 Oct 2022
Court setting LA Times Daily 04 Aug 2022
Some criminals skip it Wall Street Journal 25 Jul 2022
Release money Eugene Sheffer 23 Jul 2022
Scoop out water from a canoe Newsday 12 Jul 2022
Skip out (on) LA Times Daily 05 Jul 2022
Abandon ship New York Times 25 Jun 2022
Ditch, as a birthday party
Release money Eugene Sheffer 01 Jun 2022
Remove water using a scoop The Guardian Quick 24 May 2022
See 10 The Guardian Cryptic 11 May 2022
Payment to post Universal 06 May 2022
Money posted in court Newsday 20 Apr 2022
Pretrial payment Newsday 17 Apr 2022
It's paid to leave jail
Release money Thomas Joseph 01 Apr 2022
Ditch, as a party
Bar on pitch sometimes jumped by miscreants The Times Cryptic 21 Feb 2022
Release money Eugene Sheffer 21 Feb 2022
Leave abruptly USA Today 06 Feb 2022
Can opener, of a sort Wall Street Journal 03 Feb 2022
Help (out) New York Times 16 Nov 2021
Conditional and temporary release from custody The Guardian Quick 04 Nov 2021
Sailor's emergency container LA Times Daily 29 Oct 2021
Get-out-of-jail fee
Get-out-of-jail money
Leave early LA Times Daily 13 Oct 2021
Leave early The Washington Post 13 Oct 2021
Flake at the last minute USA Today 01 Oct 2021
Price of freedom to make hay, reportedly
Money lodged to release bundle of hay reportedly
Price of freedom?
Get-out-of-jail money
Abandon a commitment USA Today 12 Jun 2021
Cancel at the last minute USA Today 30 May 2021
Temporary release from the extremities of Lion of The Punjab, going all the way back Irish Times Crosaire 08 May 2021
Renege (on) Premier Sunday 11 Apr 2021
___ reform, cause for the Marshall Project New York Times 11 Apr 2021
Cost of freedom?
Flake out USA Today 28 Feb 2021
Exit in a hurry The Washington Post 04 Feb 2021
Exit in a hurry LA Times Daily 04 Feb 2021
Release money Eugene Sheffer 06 Jan 2021
___ out (help)
Cancel your plans, slangily Universal 15 Dec 2020
Leave abruptly, slangily Universal 04 Dec 2020
Pretrial court payment Newsday 01 Dec 2020
Leave suddenly USA Today 29 Nov 2020
Try to prevent a sinking Universal 28 Oct 2020
Cut out early The Washington Post 06 Oct 2020
Cut out early LA Times Daily 06 Oct 2020
Prisoner's concern Canadiana 28 Sep 2020
Can opener, of a sort Wall Street Journal 03 Sep 2020
Can opener? Wall Street Journal 30 Jul 2020
Free money? New York Times 24 Jul 2020
Money for release Thomas Joseph 02 Jul 2020
Get-out-of-jail money
Might criminal jump this wooden bar? The Sun Two Speed 14 Jun 2020
Court security The Sun Two Speed 14 Jun 2020
Get-out-of-jail money
Leave USA Today 29 May 2020
It can get you out of a place it rhymes with New York Times 27 May 2020
Get-out-of-jail money
___ on someone (abandon unexpectedly)
Bowled? Bother -- this drops The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Apr 2020
Try to stay afloat, perhaps New York Times 16 Apr 2020
___ on someone (abandon unexpectedly)
Release harvest bundle, did you say? The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Feb 2020
Temporary release of one awaiting trial The Times Concise 28 Dec 2019
Get-out-of-jail money
Leave in a hurry, slangily USA Today 17 Nov 2019
Temporary release of an accused person on conditions Irish Times Simplex 16 Nov 2019
Try to avert a sinking USA Today 27 Oct 2019
Scram from danger Newsday 06 Oct 2019
Abandon an effort, in slang New York Times 25 Sep 2019
Leave quickly, informally Newsday 22 Sep 2019
Scoop out water Newsday 18 Sep 2019
Help (out) New York Times 18 Aug 2019
It's a crime to skip it USA Today 16 Aug 2019
Leave suddenly Jonesin 06 Aug 2019
Security of something on cricket field
Totally abandon one's plan New York Times 30 Jun 2019
Try to prevent a sinking USA Today 20 Apr 2019
___ on someone (abandon unexpectedly)
Attend to a leaking boat The Washington Post 13 Mar 2019
Attend to a leaking boat LA Times Daily 13 Mar 2019
Leave suddenly, slangily Newsday 21 Feb 2019
Flee, so to speak Newsday 27 Jan 2019
Attend to a leaking boat
Help (out)
Totally abandon one's plan
Abandon an effort, in slang
Try to prevent a sinking
Try to avert a sinking
It's a crime to skip it
Conditional temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial
It gets set by a judge The Washington Post Sunday 02 Dec 2018
Remove water from a boat Family Time 12 Nov 2018
Herb avoids middle one of four bars at Lord's
Accused person's bond Canadiana 17 Sep 2018
Target of reform for the Philadelphia district attorney, Larry Krasner The New Yorker 06 Aug 2018
Depart unceremoniously, in slang New York Times 23 Jun 2018
Free money? Wall Street Journal 05 Jun 2018
Throw out water The Chronicle of Higher Education 11 May 2018
Skip out (on) New York Times 09 May 2018
Pretrial payment Newsday 09 Apr 2018
Amount set by a judge USA Today 16 Feb 2018
Scoop out water The Times Concise 14 Feb 2018
Leave in a hurry LA Times Daily 30 Jan 2018
Leave in a hurry The Washington Post 30 Jan 2018
Pretrial payment USA Today 22 Jan 2018
Leave quickly, so to speak Newsday 14 Jan 2018
Get-out-of-jail money Premier Sunday 07 Jan 2018
Free money?
Throw out water
Depart unceremoniously, in slang
Leave in a hurry
Pretrial payment
Amount set by a judge
Skip out (on)
Something an arrested person tries to 'make' New York Times 25 Dec 2017
Security for the Italian undergraduate
One of four involved in a game offering security
Bondsman's offering USA Today 06 Nov 2017
Accused's bond Canadiana 09 Oct 2017
Get-out-of-jail money Thomas Joseph 21 Aug 2017
Rescue from trouble, with "out" LA Times Daily 13 Jun 2017
Rescue from trouble, with 'out' The Washington Post 13 Jun 2017
Free cash? Wall Street Journal 08 Jun 2017
Judge's setting LA Times Daily 05 Apr 2017
Judge's setting The Washington Post 05 Apr 2017
It helps one avoid jail time Universal 28 Mar 2017
Stumps crosspiece The Times Concise 17 Mar 2017
Payment that's posted LA Times Daily 17 Mar 2017
Payment that's posted The Washington Post 17 Mar 2017
Leave unceremoniously Wall Street Journal 09 Mar 2017
Night court payment USA Today 01 Feb 2017
It helps one avoid jail time
Bondsman's offering
Rescue from trouble, with "out"
Something an arrested person tries to "make"
Judge's setting
Absent oneself Newsday 01 Dec 2016
Take off Newsday 20 Nov 2016
Renegade (on) Jonesin 15 Nov 2016
Get-out-of-jail money LA Times Daily 26 Sep 2016
Cost to get out of jail Premier Sunday 04 Sep 2016
Criminal charge? Wall Street Journal 18 Aug 2016
Night-court payment Newsday 03 Aug 2016
Get-out-of-jail money Family Time 31 Jul 2016
Leave in a hurry Newsday 08 Jul 2016
Get-out-of-jail money USA Today 05 May 2016
Leave, slangily The Washington Post 19 Mar 2016
Wooden bar one puts up then another jumps? The Times Cryptic 16 Feb 2016
$50 payment in Monopoly The Washington Post 12 Feb 2016
Public defender's request USA Today 07 Feb 2016
Give up and go, slangily The Washington Post 28 Jan 2016
Night court payment Newsday 26 Jan 2016
Kind of bond USA Today 23 Jan 2016
Get-out-of-jail fee The Washington Post 05 Jan 2016
Public defender's request
Kind of bond
Get-out-of-jail money
Graduate I left providing security
Cost of leaving Newsday 30 Oct 2015
Pledge bachelor beer in conversation
Get-out-of-jail money New York Times 06 Jul 2015
Empty a boat, in a way USA Today 23 Jun 2015
$50, in 'Monopoly' Eugene Sheffer 28 May 2015
One way to pass water? USA Today 18 May 2015
Renege (on) The Chronicle of Higher Education 17 Apr 2015
British head released from prison — on this?
Mention of Welsh footballer in security The Telegraph Toughie 03 Feb 2015
Pre-trial court payment Newsday 02 Feb 2015
Bucket in a boat Newsday 22 Jan 2015
Trust fund? New York Times 15 Jan 2015
Financial security essential for cricketer
Get-out-of-jail money
Renege (on)
Empty a boat, in a way
Trust fund?
Bucket in a boat
Cost of leaving
Flee, so to speak
Night-court payment
Pre-trial court payment
Criminal charge?
Can opener?
One way to pass water?
Security for part of wicket
Bondsmen provide it
It's illegal to jump it
Court setting
Get-out-of-jail cash
Leave in a hurry, slangily
Rescue, with "out"
Use a pail, perhaps
Eighth Amendment topic
Get-out-of-jail money
Bondsman's concern
Release funds?
Bondsman's contribution
Out-of-jail fee
Get-out-of-jail fee
Skip out on an obligation
Leave quickly, so to speak
Certain cost of leaving
What some bondsmen offer
Something it's against the law to jump
Release money
Cost of leaving, for some
It's set by a judge
Work with a bucket
Defense attorney's request
Court payment
Bucket handle
Judge's determination
Judge's setting
Keep the boat afloat
Judge's determination
Amount set by a judge
Money posted in court
What some people jump
Prevent a sinking
The price of freedom
Public defender's request
Judge's setting
Defender's concern
Dump water overboard
Leave, slangily
Cost of freedom?
It could be jumped
Court security
Night court payment
Kind of bondsman
Flee, informally
Get-out-of-jail money
What a judge sets
Jump from a plane, with "out"
The price of freedom?
Cost to get out of 46-Across
Bondsman's payment
Leave in a hurry, slangily
What a judge sets
Get-out-of-jail money
Get-out-of-jail cost
Cost of freedom?
Cost of freedom?
What some people jump
Leave quickly, in slang
Rescue, with "out"
Dough to go
Leave quickly, in slang
Rescue, with "out"
Get-out-of-jail money
What a judge may grant
Money for release
One thing to do with a bucket
Release money
$50, in "Monopoly"
Can opener?
It may be forfeited or jumped
Extricate from a financial predicament, with "out"
Jump ship, with 'out'
Way to get out of 1-Down
Quit
It's posted
Lift out leakage
Way to get out of 1-Down
Abandon a commitment
It's set by a judge
Some people skip it
Court security
Throw out water
Leave completely, in slang
Pretrial payment
Empty the bilge
Leave in a hurry
Bondsman's security
One may get out on it
Keep a leaky boat afloat
Insurance money?
It may be posted
Jump (out)
One way to keep a boat afloat
Jump (out)
You shouldn't skip it
It's often posted
Remove, as water from a boat
It's limited by the Eighth Amendment
Kind of pepper
Bondsman's security
Price of freedom
The cost of leaving?
Bondsman's concern
Leap from a plane, with "out"
At times, it's posted
Remove water
It may be posted
Typewriter bar
Perp's payment
Court collection
Get-out-of-jail money
Take off
Alleged perp's payment
It's sometimes skipped
Don't jump this
Kind of bond
Something one shouldn't jump
Alleged perp's payment
Kettle handle
Court determination
What a judge sets
Hit the silk, with "out"
Get-out-of-jail fee
It's often posted in the courthouse
The cost of leaving?
Bondsman's security
Bondsman's security
It may be skipped or jumped
Rescue, with "out"
Leave suddenly, in slang
Bucket in a boat
Help the boat float
It's often jumped
$50, in Monopoly
Leave suddenly, in slang
Perp's payment
Eighth Amendment topic
One may post this
Dipper
Perp's payment
It may be jumped
It's often put up
Bondsman's offering
_____ out (help)
It's sometimes jumped
Dip out water
Bondsman's offering
Use a parachute, with "out"
Help the boat float
Bondsman's payment
Release payment
Quit, so to speak
_____ out
The price of freedom
Release surety
Jump (out), as from a plane
It may be forfeited
One way to keep from sinking
Get-out-of-jail fee
Rescue with out
Some jump it
Bar on pitch sometimes jumped by miscreants
It.s often posted
Appearance money
Out on ___
Release money
Remove water with a bucket
Courtroom offering
Quit, so to speak
Arrested one's way out
Free money
Scoop out the bilge
Keep a leaky boat afloat
Type of bond
The cost of leaving, perhaps
Release money
Kettle handles
Cut out
Get away, so to speak
Lift out leakage
Prisoner security
It's posted
Assist in a crisis, with "out"
Legal posting
Drain a dinghy
If you jump it you're in trouble
Surety
Liquid remover
Kind of bond
Scoop (out)
Use a pail
Kettle handle
Surety money
Dip out
Surety
Parachute, with "out"
Bondsman's concern
Pail handle
Remove water, as from a boat
Bucket handle
Court payment
Extricate, with "out"
Typewriter part
Security
Legal surety
Scoop
Court security
Surety bond
Judge's decision
Slammer springer
Dip and throw
Jump ___ (abscond)
Price of freedom, for some
Prisoner's means of release
Work on a leaky boat
Kettle handle.
Part of a pail.
Lade.
Bucket or dipper.
Pound notes?
Release from prison on bond.
Bondsman's job.
Bondsman's money.
Handle of a kettle.
Hoop-shaped handle.
Hooplike handle of a bucket.
Bucket handle.
Surety.
Pail handle.
___ out.
Bond.
Arched handle of a kettle.
Scoop.
___ bond.
Bar on a cricket wicket.
Handle of a pail.
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