31
confine(verb, hold, take, control, make)
31
incarcerate(verb, hold, make, force, cool)
20
jail(noun, verb, hold, control, make)
15
detain(verb, hold, take, control, keep)
15
immure(verb, hold, make, force, cool)
14
put away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, give)
14
restrain(verb, hold, take, control, keep)
13
lock up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, take)
13
impound(verb, hold, control, restrain, curb)
12
cage(noun, verb, hold, close, end)
12
hold(verb, control, give, charge, restrain)
11
intern(noun, verb, hold, make, force)
11
sentence(verb, hold, condemn, blame, decide)
10
remand(verb, hold, put, confine, detain)
9
put behind bars(verb, expression, idiom, hold, put)
9
shut up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, close, cool)
9
limit(verb, hold, control, cool, restrain)
8
commit(verb, hold, deliver, put, bind)
8
keep(verb, hold, take, control, cool)
8
pen(noun, verb, hold, put, restraint)
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