immure
verb
[ ɪˈmjʊə ]
• enclose or confine (someone) against their will.
• "her brother was immured in a lunatic asylum"
Similar:
confine,
intern,
shut up,
lock up,
incarcerate,
imprison,
jail,
put away,
put behind bars,
put under lock and key,
hold captive,
hold prisoner,
coop up,
mew up,
fence in,
wall in,
close in,
detain,
keep,
hold,
trap,
Origin:
late 16th century: from French emmurer or medieval Latin immurare, from in- ‘in’ + murus ‘wall’.
