4
nick(noun, verb, hold, catch, seize)
4
quod(noun, prison)
4
restrain(verb, hold, control, keep, cool)
4
send down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, confine, detain)
4
send up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, keep)
4
shackle(noun, verb, imprison, prison)
4
shut in(verb, expression, hold, suppress, subject)
4
shut up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cool, restrain)
3
mew(verb, circle, confine, ring, surround)
3
bind(verb, hold, control, make, force)
3
black hole(noun, expression, idiom, place, prison)
3
book(verb, hold, catch, seize, capture)
3
bound(verb, cool, restrain, limit, restrict)
3
captivity(noun, detention)
3
close in(expression, circle, confine, ring, surround)
3
condemn(verb, blame, confine, punish, imprison)
3
den(noun, field, pen, arena, prison)
3
guardroom
3
hem in(verb, expression, hold, control, make)
3
hold prisoner(verb, expression, idiom, detain, imprison)
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