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Incarcerating

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imprisonverb(transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
gaolverb(British) Dated spelling of jail.
jailverbTo imprison.
put awayverb(transitive) To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
remandverbTo send a prisoner back to custody.
immureverb(transitive) To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
lagverbTo fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
jugverb(transitive, slang) To put into jail.
put behind barsverblock up or confine, in or as in a jail
detainingnounThe act by which someone is detained; detention.
imprisoningverb(transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
imprisonmentnounA confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
deportingverb(transitive) To evict, especially from a country.
jailingverbAn instance of a person being jailed.
parolingverb(transitive, law) To release (a prisoner) on the understanding that s/he checks in regularly and obeys the law.
extraditingverb(transitive) To remove a person from one state to another by legal process.
persecutingverbTo pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
prosecutingverb(transitive, law) To start criminal proceedings against.
recidivateverb(intransitive) To relapse into a previous pattern of behavior, especially to commit new offenses after having been punished or sanctioned for earlier ones.
torturingverbAn act of torture

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