imprison
verb
[ ɪmˈprɪz(ə)n ]
• put or keep in prison or a place like a prison.
• "he was imprisoned three times for his activities"
Similar:
incarcerate,
put in prison,
send to prison,
jail,
lock up,
take into custody,
put under lock and key,
put away,
intern,
confine,
detain,
hold prisoner,
hold captive,
hold,
put into detention,
put in chains,
put in irons,
clap in irons,
send down,
put behind bars,
put inside,
bang someone up,
immure,
incarcerated,
in prison,
in jail,
jailed,
locked up,
in custody,
under lock and key,
interned,
confined,
detained,
held prisoner,
captive,
held captive,
in chains,
in irons,
clapped in irons,
sent down,
behind bars,
doing time,
inside,
away,
doing porridge,
doing bird,
banged up,
immured,
Origin:
Middle English emprison, from Old French emprisoner, from em- ‘in’ + prison .
