imprisons
Puts behind bars
Imprisons means to put or hold someone in prison, or more broadly, to confine or trap them.
The literal sense involves incarceration by legal authority: The state imprisons thousands for nonviolent offenses.
Figuratively, anything that confines can imprison: Fear imprisons the mind, She felt imprisoned by her marriage.
Basic unit of life
- inmateConfined facility resident
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- barsRods, taverns, or measures
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
solitary · correctional · convict · sentence · custody · detention · guard · cage
Device for catching animals
- stifleSuppress or restrain
- constrainTo limit or restrict
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- inhibitTo restrain or hinder
suppress · suffocate · enslave · oppress · entrap · bind · cage · restrict
Metal limb restraint
- bindFasten or obligate
- restrainLimit freedom of movement
- fetterAnkle chain for prisoners
- chainLinked segments forming length
handcuff · manacle · straitjacket · cuff · tether · confine · secure · immobilize
Official court decision
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- judgeOne who decides
jury · prosecution · defendant · guilty · conviction · punishment · attorney · testimony
cell
Basic unit of life
penitentiary · solitary · correctional · convict · sentence · custody · detention · guard · cage · reformatory
trap
Device for catching animals
inhibit · suppress · suffocate · enslave · oppress · entrap · bind · cage · restrict · burden
shackle
Metal limb restraint
chain · handcuff · manacle · straitjacket · cuff · tether · confine · secure · immobilize · hobble
verdict
Official court decision
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- trialJudicial examination of claims
judge · jury · prosecution · defendant · guilty · conviction · punishment · attorney · testimony · sentencing
arrest
Seize by law
remand · interrogate · book · nab · detain · suspect · warrant · bail · arraignment · processing
- punishespunishes, penalizes, disciplines, chastises, castigates
- enclosesencloses, surrounds, encircles, encompasses, contains
imprisonsfrees
Removes from captivity
liberates · releases · sets free · emancipates · lets go
imprisonsdischarges
Releases or sends forth
releases · acquits · exonerates · pardons · parolees
- 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, imprisoner, imprisoners