Thesaurus
:
imprison
T
hesaurus
imprison
English
Verb
Sense: to put in prison
Synonyms
bang up
bastille
clap up
confine
gaol
incarcerate
immure
imprison
jail
[
⇒ thesaurus
]
lock up
mew up
(
archaic
)
put away
roof
send down
Hypernyms
confine
detain
punish
restrain
Various
be in for
behind bars
sent to the Tower
See also
Thesaurus:prison
Thesaurus:prisoner
Further reading
“
751. restraint
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
imprison
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.