Thesaurus / imprison
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synonyms for imprison
- apprehend
- commit
- detain
- hold
- incarcerate
- jail
- lock up
- remand
- cage
- check
- circumscribe
- closet
- constrain
- curb
- ice
- immure
- impound
- intern
- keep
- limit
- nab
- occlude
- pen
- restrain
- stockade
- trammel
- bastille
- bottle up
- fence in
- hold captive
- hold hostage
- hold in custody
- keep captive
- keep in custody
- lock in
- put away
- put behind bars
- rail in
- send to prison
- send up
- shut in
- take prisoner
See also synonyms for: imprisoned / imprisoning / imprisonment
antonyms for imprison
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I was at an immigrant jail in Louisiana, imprisoned for seeking political asylum.
2021 IS THE YEAR TO DREAM BIGMICHAEL K. LAVERS AND YARIEL VALDÉS GONZÁLEZDECEMBER 31, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEArresting, prosecuting and imprisoning people for drug-related crimes is expensive.
OREGON JUST DECRIMINALIZED ALL DRUGS – HERE’S WHY VOTERS PASSED THIS GROUNDBREAKING REFORMLGBTQ-EDITORDECEMBER 10, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSIndependent journalist imprisoned for coronavirus reporting, now on hunger strike.
THESE 10 JOURNALISTS FACE ADDITIONAL THREATS FROM COVID-19LBELANGER225DECEMBER 2, 2020FORTUNEThey also do that by advocating for people’s sentences to be commuted, by expanding the grounds through which people can be eligible for release, or by advocating for compassionate release for elderly and infirm imprisoned people.
WHAT THE PUBLIC IS GETTING RIGHT — AND WRONG — ABOUT POLICE ABOLITIONFABIOLA CINEASOCTOBER 30, 2020VOXThe brave few who stand up to the regime are persecuted or imprisoned as criminals, accused of receiving money that the United States sends them to “subvert” the “sovereign and democratic order chosen by the people.”
MY VOTE ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO ARE EXCLUDEDYARIEL VALDÉS GONZÁLEZOCTOBER 27, 2020WASHINGTON BLADESome of them talked secretly together and made a plan to imprison him and take possession of the ships.
ALILA, OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE COUSINMARY HAZELTON WADEBut I've taken steps to imprison it in the tent, and it can't get out till I permit it.
THREE MORE JOHN SILENCE STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOODThey oppose the Acts of Navigation, and imprison the King's officers for doing their duty.
THE LOYALISTS OF AMERICA AND THEIR TIMES, VOL. 1 OF 2EGERTON RYERSONImprison them for a quarter of a century, and on the day of their release they will conspire against czardom.
COMRADE KROPOTKINVICTOR ROBINSONCertainly he plotted against him, sending his son Nerli to Lucca with orders to trap Castruccio and imprison him; which was done.
FLORENCE AND NORTHERN TUSCANY WITH GENOAEDWARD HUTTONWORDS RELATED TO IMPRISON
- allocate
- allot
- apportion
- authorize
- charge
- commend
- commission
- confer trust
- confide
- consign
- convey
- delegate
- deliver
- depend upon
- deposit
- depute
- deputize
- destine
- dispatch
- employ
- empower
- engage
- give
- give to do
- grant authority
- hand over
- hold
- ice
- imprison
- institutionalize
- intrust
- invest
- leave to
- make responsible for
- move
- offer
- ordain
- promise
- put away
- put in the hands of
- relegate
- rely upon
- remove
- send
- shift
- submit
- transfer
- turn over to
- vest
- ban
- bar
- bind
- bottle up
- bridle
- chain
- check
- coerce
- compel
- concuss
- confine
- constrict
- cool off
- cork
- curb
- deny
- deprive
- disallow
- drive
- hem in
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- immure
- impel
- imprison
- incarcerate
- inhibit
- intern
- jail
- keep lid on
- make
- necessitate
- oblige
- pressure
- pressurize
- put half nelson on
- shotgun
- stifle
- urge
- withhold
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