| imprison | | |
| v. (social) | 1. gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ detain, confine | deprive of freedom; take into confinement. |
| v. (social) | 2. imprison | confine as if in a prison.; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone" |
| ~ detain, confine | deprive of freedom; take into confinement. |
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