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imprisoned
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imprisoned
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrested |
| Synonyms: | captive, confined, incarcerated, jailed |
| Main Entry: | captive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically held by force |
| Synonyms: | bound, caged, confined, enslaved, ensnared, imprisoned, in custody, incarcerated, incommunicado, jailed, locked up, penned, restricted, subjugated, under lock and key |
| Antonyms: | free, independent, loose |
| Main Entry: | confined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited, enclosed |
| Synonyms: | bedfast, bedridden, bottled up, bound, chilled, circumscribed, compassed, cooped up, cramp, cramped, detained, flattened out, grounded, hampered, held, hog-tied, iced, immured, imprisoned, in chains, in jail, incarcerated, incommodious, indisposed, invalided, jailed, laid up, locked up, on ice, pent, restrained, restricted, sealed up, shut in, sick |
| Antonyms: | free, liberated, unlimited |
| Main Entry: | booked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrested |
| Synonyms: | charged, imprisoned, jailed, locked up, taken into custody, under arrest |
| Antonyms: | free, liberated |
| Main Entry: | enclosed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | placed within |
| Synonyms: | buried, confined, contained, embedded, encased, enfolded, immured, implanted, imprisoned, included, inserted, interred, jailed, locked in, packed up, penned in, shut up, stuffed in, wrapped up |
| Main Entry: | behind bars |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | serving jail time |
| Synonyms: | confined, imprisoned, in jail, in prison, incarcerated, jailed, put away, serving time, under lock and key |
| Main Entry: | punished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disciplined |
| Synonyms: | birched, castigated, chastened, chastised, confined, corrected, debarred, defrocked, dismissed, executed, exiled, expelled, flogged, grounded*, immured, imprisoned, incarcerated, lectured, penalized, reproved, scolded, sentenced, spanked, switched, whipped |
| Antonyms: | cleared, exonerated, released |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take into authorized custody |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, bag*, book, brace*, bust, capture, catch, collar, detain, drop*, gaff, get*, glom, grab*, hook*, imprison, incarcerate, jail, kick*, nab, nail, net*, nick, pick up*, pinch*, pull in, pull*, put the arm on, put the cuffs on, round up, roust, run in, secure*, seize*, sidetrack, snag*, tab, tag*, take in, take prisoner, toss in jail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in enclosure |
| Synonyms: | close in, confine, coop up, enclose, envelop, fence in, hem, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lock up, mew, pen, restrain, shut in, shut up |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, let out, release |
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