imprisoner
One who confines
An imprisoner is one who imprisons—confining someone in a prison or restricting their freedom.
The term applies to individuals, institutions, or abstract forces: The state became his imprisoner for twenty years.
Figuratively, anything that traps or confines can be an imprisoner: Anxiety was her constant imprisoner.
Supervisory custodian of place
- gaolerPrison guard, British spelling
- turnkeyReady for immediate use
- keeperOne who guards
- guardWatchful defensive attention
custodian · incarcerator · captor · detainer · correctional officer · screw · overseer · watchman
One who seizes people
- abductorOne who takes captives
- hostage-takerOne who captures people
- slaverLet saliva dribble
- traffickerIllegal goods dealer
enslaver · snatcher · seizer · detainer · oppressor · subjugator · conqueror · colonizer
Basic unit of life
- dungeonSubterranean prison chamber
- cageBarred confinement structure
- shacklesMetal bonds for prisoners
- chainsLinked metal restraints
fetters · bars · lockup · stockade · manacles · irons · bondage · captivity
warden
Supervisory custodian of place
guard · custodian · incarcerator · captor · detainer · correctional officer · screw · overseer · watchman · jailkeeper
kidnapper
One who seizes people
- abductorOne who takes captives
- hostage-takerOne who captures people
- slaverLet saliva dribble
trafficker · enslaver · snatcher · seizer · detainer · oppressor · subjugator · conqueror · colonizer
cell
Basic unit of life
chains · fetters · bars · lockup · stockade · manacles · irons · bondage · captivity · detention
tyrant
Cruel, absolute ruler
overlord · oppressor · subjugator · sovereign · warlord · strongman · totalitarian · regime
addiction
Compulsive substance reliance
trauma · guilt · obsession · ideology · dogma · routine · past · expectation · conformity · anxiety
- life imprisonmentIncarceration until natural death
- false imprisonmentIllegal restraint of movement
- political imprisonmentJailing for ideology
- wrongful imprisonmentUnlawful confinement of innocents
- unlawful imprisonmentIllegal restraint of another
imprison, imprisoned, imprisonment, imprisoning, imprisons, imprisoners