putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
the state of being imprisoned; he was held in captivity until he died; the imprisonment of captured soldiers; his ignominious incarceration in the local jail; he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
[ Syn: captivity , incarceration , immurement ]
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
[ Syn: internment ]