Imprison
11imprison — verb we expect to imprison another two dozen individuals by the end of this month alone Syn: incarcerate, send to prison, jail, lock up, put away, intern, detain, hold prisoner, hold captive; confine, shut up, cage; informal put behind bars Ant:… …
12Imprison ment — Im*pris on ment, n. [OE. enprisonment; F. emprisonnement.] The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint. [1913 Webster] His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser.… …
13imprison again — index remand Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14imprison for — phr verb Imprison for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑murder …
15imprison — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French emprisoner, from en + prison prison Date: 14th century to put in or as if in prison ; confine • imprisonment noun …
16imprison — imprisonable, adj. imprisoner, n. imprisonment, n. /im priz euhn/, v.t. to confine in or as if in a prison. [1250 1300; ME enprisonen < OF enprisoner, equiv. to en EN 1 + prison PRISON + er inf. suffix] Syn. 1. incarcerate, jail, re …
17imprison — verb To put in or as if in prison; confine. Syn: bang up, gaol, jail, lock up, put away, sent to the Tower …
18imprison — Synonyms and related words: bastille, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bolt in, bound, box in, cage, cast in prison, chamber, check, circumscribe, clap in jail, clap up, close in, compass, confine, constrain, contain, coop, coop in, coop up,… …
19imprison — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. lock up, confine, detain; hold, jail, incarcerate. See circumscription, restraint. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. jail, confine, incarcerate, lock up, coop up, immure, impound, detain, keep in, hold,… …
20imprison — im|pris|on [ımˈprızən] v [T] 1.) to put someone in prison or to keep them somewhere and prevent them from leaving ▪ The government imprisoned all opposition leaders. ▪ She was imprisoned within his strong arms. 2.) if a situation or feeling… …
