Definition of imprison

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Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

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Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..
Familiar :: Familiar (n.) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused..
Wrongous :: Wrongous (a.) Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment..
Gaol :: Gaol (n.) A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail..
Jug :: Jug (v. t.) To commit to jail; to imprison.
Cession :: Cession (n.) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
Jail :: Jail (v. t.) To imprison.
Reimprison :: Reimprison (v. t.) To imprison again.
Imprison Ment :: Imprison ment (n.) The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint..
Liberty :: Liberty (n.) Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion..
Incorrigible :: Incorrigible (n.) One who is corrigible; especially, a hardened criminal; as, the perpetual imprisonment of incorrigibles..
Imprisoning :: Imprisoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impriso.
Immure :: Immure (v. t.) To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate..
Incarceration :: Incarceration (n.) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment..
Tollbooth :: Tollbooth (v. t.) To imprison in a tollbooth.
Bail :: Bail (n.) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court..
Prisonment :: Prisonment (n.) Imprisonment.
Habeas Corpus :: Habeas corpus () A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial..
Engaol :: Engaol (v. t.) To put in jail; to imprison.
Oubliette :: Oubliette (n.) A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall..
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