imprison

(verb)

verb

1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

- The suspects were imprisoned without trial

Similar word(s): gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, remand

Definition categories: social, confine, detain

2. 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

Definition categories: social, confine, detain