Definition of imprison

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Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

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Incarcerate :: Incarcerate (v. t.) To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.
Enjall :: Enjall (v. t.) To put into jail; to imprison.
Imprisoned :: Imprisoned (imp. & p. p.) of Impriso.
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..
Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
Bond :: Bond (n.) The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint..
Tollbooth :: Tollbooth (v. t.) To imprison in a tollbooth.
Commitment :: Commitment (n.) A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.
Immure :: Immure (v. t.) To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate..
Durance :: Durance (n.) Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.
Emprison :: Emprison (v. t.) See Imprison.
Free :: Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
Incorrigible :: Incorrigible (n.) One who is corrigible; especially, a hardened criminal; as, the perpetual imprisonment of incorrigibles..
Incarcerate :: Incarcerate (a.) Imprisoned.
#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..
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.
Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
Habeas Corpus :: Habeas corpus () A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial..
Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..
Familiar :: Familiar (n.) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused..
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