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[ verb ] lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Synonyms jail lag put_behind_bars immure jug gaol put_away remand incarcerate Examples "The suspects were imprisoned without trial" "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)He sensed something precious in the perilous moment , something akin to the knowledge gained on his bicycle trip through the French countryside , a knowledge imprisoned in speechlessness . Related terms confine law imprisonment jail captivity prison_guard imprisonment |
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[ verb ] confine as if in a prison
Examples "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house he does not let them go out without a chaperone" Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)An understanding of the new role of residential association in an industrial society serves to illuminate the forces which have fashioned the iron_cage of conformity which imprisons the churches in their suburban captivity . |
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