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Emprison

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imprisonverb(transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
enprisonverb(obsolete) To imprison.
prisonnounA place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
incarcerateverb(chiefly US, transitive) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
embarnoun(archaic, transitive) To enclose (as though behind bars); to imprison.
enjailverb(transitive) To put in jail.
internenounArchaic spelling of intern. [A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.]
lock upverb(transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone).
immureverb(transitive) To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
internnounA student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.
entombverb(transitive) To deposit in a tomb.
unimprisonverb(transitive) To release from prison; to free.
interTo bury in a grave.
becloseverb(transitive) To shut up or in; enclose; enwrap.
bastillenounA former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution.
jiggernoun(US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).
enlockverb(transitive, archaic) To enclose.
arrestnoun(law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
sconcenounA fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
shacklenoun(usually in the plural) A restraint fitted over a human or animal appendage, such as an ankle, finger, or wrist, normally used in a pair joined by a chain.

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