v. Function: verb
to shut up closely so that escape is impossible or unlikely FF1C; the offender was quickly sentenced and imprisoned FF1E;
Synonyms: bastille, confine, constrain, immure, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, ||prison, ||quod
Related Words: circumscribe, limit, restrict; check, curb, restrain
Idioms: put under lock and key
Contrasted Words: free, liberate, release