imprison

verb ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about imprison at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.

   The suspects were imprisoned without trial

2. 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