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76 entries under imprison topic. ×
| prison(hold, incarcerate) | |
| put in jail(verb, expression, idiom, confine) | |
| put in prison(verb, expression, idiom, confine) | |
| put inside(verb, expression, confine, jail) | |
| release on bail(verb, expression, idiom, hold) | |
| return to custody(verb, expression, idiom, hold) | |
| return to prison(verb, expression, idiom, hold) | |
| send up the river(verb, expression, idiom, confine) | |
| sentence(verb, hold, confine, incarcerate) | |
| slough(verb, confine, jail, confinement) | |
| take captive(verb, expression, seize, capture) | |
| take hostage(verb, expression, seize, capture) | |
| throw away the keys(expression, idiom, hold, incarcerate) | |
| throw book at(verb, expression, idiom, confine) | |
| throw in dungeon(expression, idiom, hold, incarcerate) | |
| throw the book at(expression, idiom, hold, incarcerate) |
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