- imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
--1 is one way to confine, detain
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun imprisonment1, noun imprisonment3
They want to imprison the prisoners
- imprison - confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"
--2 is one way to confine, detain
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun imprisonment2
Somebody ----s somebody