to imprison to confine

  • 111capture — I verb apprehend, arrest, capere, carry away, catch, comprehendere, confine, hold captive, hold in captivity, immure, impress, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lock up, make an arrest, make prisoner, net, repress, restrain, restrict, seize, subdue,… …

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  • 112limit — I noun ambit, border, bound, boundary, boundary line, circumscriptio, circumscription, extreme boundary final point, finis, fringe, frontier, furthest point, line of demarcation, outer edge, outer line, outer point, perimeter, rim, terminus,… …

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  • 113seclude — I verb banish, blockade, bury, conceal, confine, cover, cut off, deport, disassociate, dissociate, embargo, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, hide, imprison, insulate, isolate, keep apart, keep in detention, keep in private, keep out,… …

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  • 114trammel — I verb bind, bridle, check, clog, confine, constrain, control, cramp, cumber, curb, debar, discommode, enchain, encumber, entangle, entrammel, fasten, fetter, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder, hobble, hold back, impede, incommode,… …

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  • 115enclosure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of enclosing Nouns 1. enclosure, containment, circumscription, confinement, imprisonment (see prison); blockade, siege; quarantine. 2. envelope, case, cartridge, receptacle, wrapper, covering,… …

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  • 116intern — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. detain, hold; shut up or in, confine. n. interne, internee; prisoner; student or resident doctor. See restraint, remedy. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. apprentice doctor, assistant resident, medical… …

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  • 117lock — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. fasten, secure, make fast. See closure, junction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A device for locking] Syn. hook, catch, latch, bolt, bar, staple, hasp, clinch, bond, fastening, padlock, safety catch,… …

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  • 118shut up — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cease speaking] Syn. be quiet, stop talking, quiet, hush, quit chattering, silence, dry up*. 2. [To close] Syn. padlock, close up, close down, close out, stop; see also close 4 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To… …

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  • 119immure — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To confine within a limited area: cage, coop (in or up), enclose, fence (in), mew (up), pen2, shut in, shut up, wall (in or up). See FREE. 2. To put in jail: confine, detain, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail,… …

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  • 120impound — verb 1) officials began impounding documents Syn: confiscate, , take possession of, seize, commandeer, expropriate, requisition, sequester, sequestrate; Law distrain 2) the cattle were impounded Syn: pen in, shut up/in …

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