imprison

Verbs

  • (v) 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
    gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, put behind bars, lag, remand, put away,
  • (v) 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

Synonyms

gaol immure incarcerate jail jug put behind bars lag remand put away

Words of close approximity

imprisoned imprisonment