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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Jug :: Jug (v. t.) To commit to jail; to imprison.
Felony :: Felony (n.) A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment..
Custody :: Custody (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
Wrongous :: Wrongous (a.) Not right; illegal; as, wrongous 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..
Tollbooth :: Tollbooth (v. t.) To imprison in a tollbooth.
Liberty :: Liberty (n.) Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion..
Jail :: Jail (v. t.) To imprison.
Reimprison :: Reimprison (v. t.) To imprison again.
Imprison Ment :: Imprison ment (n.) The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint..
Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
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..
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..
Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.
Bail :: Bail (n.) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court..
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..
Imprisoned :: Imprisoned (imp. & p. p.) of Impriso.
Cession :: Cession (n.) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
Incarcerate :: Incarcerate (a.) Imprisoned.
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