Entry Word: imprison

Function: verb

Meaning: to put in or as if in prison <in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they canʼt do any more harm>

Synonyms commit, confine, immure, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, lock (up)

Related Words constrain, limit, restrain, restrict, shut; apprehend, arrest, capture, catch, detain; impress, shanghai; hold, keep; enslave, subjugate

Near Antonyms emancipate, manumit

Antonyms discharge, free, liberate, release