12
imprison(verb, stop, hold, hurt, free)
11
restrain(verb, hold, help, hurt, release)
10
confine(verb, release, free, limit, enclose)
8
disenfranchise
7
detain(verb, hold, hurt, free, arrest)
7
apprehend(verb, release)
7
capture(verb, hold, release, free, catch)
7
choke with
7
hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, hurt)
6
conquer
5
enslave
5
constrain(verb, release, free)
5
contain(verb, continue, exclude)
5
convict(verb, free, find)
5
seize(verb, take, free, lose, abduct)
4
embroil
4
entangle
4
hamper
4
hold(verb, give, hurt, free, fail)
4
incarcerate(verb, hold, hurt, free)
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