1. (

• imprison ,
• incarcerate ,
• lag ,
• immure ,
• put_behind_bars ,
• jail ,
• jug ,
• gaol ,
• put_away ,
• remand

) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" ;

2. (

• imprison ,

) confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone" ;