reconfine
Return to captivity
To reconfine is to confine again—to return someone or something to a state of restriction or enclosure after a period of release or freedom.
A prisoner might be reconfined after violating parole.
An animal that escaped its pen gets reconfined.
The outbreak led authorities to reconfine residents who had just regained freedom of movement.
Confine in detention
- detainHold in custody
- jailDetention facility
- lockupTemporary detention facility
- cellblockPrison housing unit
solitary · custody · penitentiary · correctional · inmate · warden · remand · rearrest
Maximum allowed extent
restrain · contain · narrow · tighten · bound · circumscribe · delimit · cap
incarcerate
Confine in detention
cellblock · solitary · custody · penitentiary · correctional · inmate · warden · remand · rearrest · recommit
limit
Maximum allowed extent
regulate · restrain · contain · narrow · tighten · bound · circumscribe · delimit · cap · curb
isolate
Separate from others
contain · segregate · seclusion · lockdown · separation · barrier · sanitize · outbreak · contagion · protocol
boundary
Line marking a limit
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- wallVertical enclosing structure
barrier · enclosure · pen · cage · corral · paddock · kennel · coop · stall · partition