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Undercurrent :: Undercurrent (n.) Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion, or the like, in a direction contrary to what is publicly shown; an unseen influence or tendency; as, a strong undercurrent of sentiment in favor of a prisoner..

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

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

Panopticon :: Panopticon (n.) A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen..

Take :: Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like..

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit..

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy..

#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..

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

Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.

Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To bind (together); to enchain.

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..

Felony :: Felony (n.) A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment..

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..

Jug :: Jug (n.) A prison; a jail; a lockup.

Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner..

Commutation :: Commutation (n.) The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment..

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

Mainprise :: Mainprise (v. t.) To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner..

Guardroom :: Guardroom (n.) The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined..

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