Thesaurus:imprison

Thesaurus

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.