imprison
[verb]
Synonyms: jail, confine, detain, incarcerate, intern, lock up, put away, send down (informal)

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Contrasted words: free, liberate, release
Related Idioms: put under lock and key
Related Words: circumscribe, limit, restrict, check, curb, restrain

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

im‧pris‧on /ɪmˈprɪzən/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: prison, prisoner, imprisonment; verb: imprison; adjective: imprisonable]

1. to put someone in prison or to keep them somewhere and prevent them from leaving:
The government imprisoned all opposition leaders.
She was imprisoned within his strong arms.

2. if a situation or feeling imprisons people, it restricts what they can do:
Many elderly people feel imprisoned in their own homes.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

imprison
verb
ADV. virtually Her fear virtually imprisoned her in her home.
falsely, unlawfully, wrongfully, wrongly working on behalf of people who have been wrongly imprisoned
briefly, temporarily
PREP. for He was imprisoned for debt.
in He was imprisoned in a local castle.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲