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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Incarcerate :: Incarcerate (v. t.) To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.
Imprisoner :: Imprisoner (n.) One who imprisons.
Immure :: Immure (v. t.) To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate..
Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.
Incarceration :: Incarceration (n.) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment..
Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
#NAME? :: -ment () A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process; the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment, that which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment, piece broken, segment; abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement, adjournment; amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment..
Felony :: Felony (n.) A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment..
Familiar :: Familiar (n.) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused..
Reimprison :: Reimprison (v. t.) To imprison again.
Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..
Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To limit, restrain, or confine in any way..
Commute :: Commute (v. t.) To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares..
Durance :: Durance (n.) Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.
Cession :: Cession (n.) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
Gaol :: Gaol (n.) A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail..
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..
Duress :: Duress (n.) Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
Free :: Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
Prisonment :: Prisonment (n.) Imprisonment.
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