imprison (v.)

  1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; The suspects were imprisoned without trial; the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life

    [ Syn: incarcerate , lag , immure , put behind bars , jail , jug , gaol , put away , remand ]

  2. confine as if in a prison; His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone'

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