imprison
English Thesaurus
1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (verb.social)
hypernym | : | confine, detain, |
definition | : | deprive of freedom; take into confinement (verb.social) |
domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
2. confine as if in a prison (verb.social)
hypernym | : | confine, detain, |
definition | : | deprive of freedom; take into confinement (verb.social) |
3. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (verb.social)
derivation | : | remand, |
definition | : | the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) (noun.act) |
derivation | : | imprisonment, internment, |
definition | : | the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) (noun.act) |
derivation | : | imprisonment, |
definition | : | putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment (noun.act) |
derivation | : | clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer, |
definition | : | a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | remand, |
definition | : | the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) (noun.act) |
derivation | : | imprisonment, internment, |
definition | : | the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) (noun.act) |
derivation | : | imprisonment, |
definition | : | putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment (noun.act) |
derivation | : | clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer, |
definition | : | a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) (noun.artifact) |
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