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Imprison Ment :: Imprison ment (n.) The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint..

Panel :: Panel (n.) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.

Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast..

Despondent :: Despondent (a.) Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner..

Bagnio :: Bagnio (n.) A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves..

Arraignment :: Arraignment (n.) The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint..

Limbus :: Limbus (n.) Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo..

Bail Bond :: Bail bond () A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ..

Escort :: Escort (n.) A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea..

Disincarcerate :: Disincarcerate (v. t.) To liberate from prison.

#NAME? :: -ment () A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process; the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment, that which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment, piece broken, segment; abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement, adjournment; amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment..

Re-demption :: Re-demption (n.) The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo..

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester..

Bilbo :: Bilbo (n.) A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships..

Unprison :: Unprison (v. t.) To take or deliver from prison.

Mainpernor :: Mainpernor (n.) A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day..

Clank :: Clank (v. t.) To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains..

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..

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