imprison
Put behind bars
To imprison is to confine someone in a prison or similar place of detention.
The word extends to any severe restriction of movement or freedom: She felt imprisoned by her marriage.
False imprisonment is the crime of unlawfully restraining someone against their will.
Barred confinement structure
- captivityState of being confined
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- isolationComplete separation from others
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
seclude · immure · intern · hold · keep · pen · coop · confine
Device for catching animals
- ensnareCatch by trickery
- entrapCatch by cunning
- captivateHold attention irresistibly
- enslaveForce into bondage
oppression · bondage · subjugate · confine · stifle · suppress · repress · suffocate
Detention facility
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
- cellblockPrison housing unit
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
inmate · convict · sentence · lockup · gaol · dungeon · cell · solitary
Seize by law
- custodyProtective care or control
- detainHold in custody
- apprehendSeize or understand
- convictionFirmly held belief
trial · verdict · sentence · guilty · prosecution · charges · indictment · arraignment
cage
Barred confinement structure
- captivityState of being confined
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- isolationComplete separation from others
quarantine · seclude · immure · intern · hold · keep · pen · coop · confine · lock away
trap
Device for catching animals
enslave · oppression · bondage · subjugate · confine · stifle · suppress · repress · suffocate · stranglehold
jail
Detention facility
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
- cellblockPrison housing unit
warden · inmate · convict · sentence · lockup · gaol · dungeon · cell · solitary · felon
arrest
Seize by law
conviction · trial · verdict · sentence · guilty · prosecution · charges · indictment · arraignment · booking
shackle
Metal limb restraint
- fetterAnkle chain for prisoners
- manacleWrist restraint, usually paired
- handcuffLocking wrist restraint
chain · bind · constrain · hobble · trammel · straitjacket · leg irons · ball and chain · restrain · pinion
- confinementcell, cage, jail, captivity, solitary confinement
- restrainhold back, suppress, hold in, keep in, keep down
- Knight Actionsjoust, charge, duel, slay, defend
- IM- wordsimmature, immobile, immune, immerse, immoral
- seizinggrab, seize, grasp, clutch, snatch
- oppressoppress, persecute, tyrannize, subjugate, dominate
imprisonemancipate
Grant freedom to
liberate · manumit · free · enfranchise · deliver
- life imprisonmentIncarceration until natural death
- false imprisonmentIllegal restraint of movement
- political imprisonmentJailing for ideology
- wrongful imprisonmentUnlawful confinement of innocents
- unlawful imprisonmentIllegal restraint of another
imprisoned, imprisonment, imprisoning, imprisons, imprisoner, reimprison, reimprisoned