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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Immure :: Immure (v. t.) To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate..
Free :: Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
Enjall :: Enjall (v. t.) To put into jail; to imprison.
Reimprisonment :: Reimprisonment (n.) The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned..
Felony :: Felony (n.) A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment..
Commitment :: Commitment (n.) A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.
Illegality :: Illegality (n.) The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act..
Oubliette :: Oubliette (n.) A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall..
Incarcerate :: Incarcerate (v. t.) To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.
Incorrigible :: Incorrigible (n.) One who is corrigible; especially, a hardened criminal; as, the perpetual imprisonment of incorrigibles..
Incarceration :: Incarceration (n.) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment..
Commute :: Commute (v. t.) To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares..
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.
Engaol :: Engaol (v. t.) To put in jail; to imprison.
Bond :: Bond (n.) The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint..
Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.
Incarcerate :: Incarcerate (a.) Imprisoned.
Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To limit, restrain, or confine in any way..
Custody :: Custody (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
#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..
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