Imprison synonyms

commit to an institution

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enclose (related)

To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package.

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(Place, proper) In some Christian theologies, the eternal abode or state, neither heaven nor hell, of the souls of infants or others dying in original sin but free of grievous personal sin, or, before the coming of Christ, the temporary abode or state of all holy souls after death

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hold as hostage

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incarceration

Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.

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restraint

The definition of a restraint is something that restricts freedom or prevents someone from doing something.

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arrest

Arrest is defined as the act of taking a person into custody for legal purposes.

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embar

(Archaic) To enclose (as though behind bars); to imprison.

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entomb

To place in a tomb or grave; bury

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closet

To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.

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immurement

Capital punishment by entombing for life.

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limit

(Mathematics, intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set.

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mure

(Obsolete) to wall in or fortify

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restrain

To hold back or keep in check; control:

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shackle

To put shackles on (someone); confine with shackles.

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shut up

(Intransitive, colloquial, used only in the imperative) I don't believe it!, no way!

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free (antonym)

Free means to release or let go.

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release (antonym)

To set free from confinement or bondage:

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let-go (antonym)

(Euphemistic, usually reflexively) To gain weight

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detain

(Archaic) To retain or withhold (payment or property, for example).

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immure

To shut up within or as within walls; imprison, confine, or seclude

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incarcerate

To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.

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intern

To intern is defined as to detain and keep someone or something from moving.

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lock

To equip (a canal, etc.) with a lock or locks

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put behind bars

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

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put away

To send (someone) to prison.

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behead (related)

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convict (related)

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indict (related)

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persecute (related)

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kidnap (related)

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put on trial (related)

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in-prison (related)

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abduct (related)

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murder (related)

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deport (related)

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depose (related)

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lock up

(Intransitive) to close all doors and windows of a place securely

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coop-up

To confine in a restricted place or situation

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impound

To set aside in a fund rather than spend as prescribed:

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keep-in

To stay blazing (of a fire)

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hold

To carry or support (the body or a bodily part) in a certain position:

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circumscribe

To draw a figure around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible. A circle that is circumscribed around a triangle touches it at each of the triangle's three vertices.

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shut in

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bottle-up

Prevent enemy vessels of leaving an anchorage

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lock-in

To secure someone or something in a locked enclosure.

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bolt in

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rail in

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box-in

To enclose by drawing a box around

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fence-in

(Idiomatic, by extension) To restrict freedom.

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cage

To put or confine in or as if in a cage.

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send to prison

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throw in jail

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keep as captive

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keep in custody

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hold captive

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commit

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remand

To send back (a person) into legal custody, as to a jail or prison.

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remit

To send money, as in payment; pay

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institutionalize

To place (a person) in the care of an institution.

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slap in the can

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dress in steel

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lay in lavender

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clap under hatches

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send up

Used other than as an idiom: see send,"Ž up.

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send up the river

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liberate (antonym)

(Chem.) To free from combination in a compound

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confinement

Lying-in, time of giving birth

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durance

Confinement or restraint by force; imprisonment.

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immuration

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imprisonment

A confinement in a place, especially a prison.

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confine

To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.

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jail

Jail is defined as to put someone into a place that they can't get out of.

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lag

(Games) To determine the order of play by hitting or shooting a ball toward a mark, as in marbles or billiards, with the player whose ball stops closest to the mark going first.

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jug

To stew (esp. hare) in a covered earthenware container

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gaol

(UK) Alternative spelling of jail.

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