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Secure :: Secure (v. t.) To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship..

Jug :: Jug (v. t.) To commit to jail; to imprison.

Liberty :: Liberty (n.) Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion..

Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To limit, restrain, or confine in any way..

Roundhouse :: Roundhouse (n.) A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house..

Arraign :: Arraign (v. t.) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.

Hold :: Hold (n.) A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.

Disprison :: Disprison (v. t.) To let loose from prison, to set at liberty..

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom..

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

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

Lobspound :: Lobspound (n.) A prison.

Detainer :: Detainer (n.) A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.

Caitiff :: Caitiff (n.) A captive; a prisoner.

Captive :: Captive (v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture.

Familiar :: Familiar (n.) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused..

Vault :: Vault (n.) An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar..

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..

Incarcerate :: Incarcerate (a.) Imprisoned.

Cell :: Cell (n.) A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit..

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