Lag [læg] means to send to prison / hard labor / exile, a prisoner or convict, time spent in hard labor, or to arrest. 'Old lag' refers to a habitual prison visitor. For example: After being wrongfull
Lag [læg]
Send to prison / hard labor / exile.
Prisoner, convict.
Time spent in hard labor.
Arrest, apprehend.
Old lag – a habitual prison visitor.
Examples:
After being wrongfully convicted, the man felt severe jail-lag after being released several weeks later.
After serving 18 days in jail being forced into an unusual routine, a person experiences jail-lag after returning to the 'free' world.
Meaning of Lag from the English-Bulgarian Dictionary:
Fall behind, lag, dawdle (also with behind), slow down, delay, shuffle.
Delay, lateness, falling behind, backwardness.
Last, furthest back.
Late, delayed.
Covering, strip of material (for covering).
Cover, wrap.
Insulate (steam boiler, etc.).
elec. Phase difference, displacement.
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