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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Duress :: Duress (n.) Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
Gaol :: Gaol (n.) A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail..
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.
Wrongous :: Wrongous (a.) Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment..
Emprison :: Emprison (v. t.) See Imprison.
Custody :: Custody (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
Reimprisonment :: Reimprisonment (n.) The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned..
Enjall :: Enjall (v. t.) To put into jail; to imprison.
Free :: Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
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..
Tollbooth :: Tollbooth (v. t.) To imprison in a tollbooth.
Imprisoned :: Imprisoned (imp. & p. p.) of Impriso.
Imprisoner :: Imprisoner (n.) One who imprisons.
Durance :: Durance (n.) Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.
Felony :: Felony (n.) A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment..
Liberty :: Liberty (n.) Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion..
Imprisoning :: Imprisoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impriso.
Illegality :: Illegality (n.) The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act..
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