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| Main Entry: | jail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for incarceration |
| Synonyms: | black hole*, brig, can*, cell, clink*, cooler*, detention camp, dungeon, house of correction, inside*, joint*, lockup, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, rack*, reformatory, solitary*, stir*, stockade, bastille, bullpen, jailhouse, slammer*, up the river |
| Notes: | a jail is a short-term detention facility for those awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses; a prison or penitentiary is a long-term detention facility for those convicted of major offenses |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incarcerate |
| Synonyms: | book, cage, can*, confine, constrain, detain, hold, immure, impound, imprison, prison, put away*, railroad*, sentence, bastille, lock up, put behind bars, put on ice, send up*, take away*, throw away the keys, throw in dungeon, throw the book at |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enclosure with bars |
| Synonyms: | coop, corral, crate, enclosure, fold, jail, pen, pound, mew, pinfold |
| Main Entry: | cage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in enclosure |
| Synonyms: | confine, enclose, envelop, hem, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, pen, restrain, shut up, close in, coop up, fence in, lock up, mew, shut in |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go, let out |
| Main Entry: | captivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical detention by force |
| Synonyms: | bondage, confinement, constraint, custody, duress, enslavement, entombment, imprisonment, incarceration, jail, limbo, restraint, servitude, slavery, committal, durance, enthrallment, impoundment, internment, serfdom, subjection, thralldom, vassalage |
| Antonyms: | freedom, independence, liberty, license |
| Main Entry: | confine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, limit |
| Synonyms: | bar, bind, bound, cage, circumscribe, constrain, cool, cramp, detain, enslave, fix, hinder, hold back, ice*, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, put away, repress, restrain, restrict, shorten, shut up, cool down, delimit, hem in, hog-tie, put a lid on, put on ice, send up |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | constrain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force; restrain |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, bind, bottle up, bridle, chain, check, coerce, compel, confine, constrict, cork, curb, deny, deprive, disallow, drive, hold back, immure, impel, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, intern, jail, make, necessitate, oblige, pressure, stifle, urge, withhold, concuss, cool off, hem in, hog-tie, hold down, hold in, keep lid on, pressurize, put half nelson on, shotgun |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | detain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold, keep back; arrest |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, bog down*, bust*, check, confine, constrain, decelerate, delay, hinder, hold up*, ice*, impede, inhibit, intern, jail, mire, nab*, pick up, pinch*, pull in*, put away*, reserve, restrain, retard, run in, set back, withhold, buttonhole*, hang up*, send up, slow down, slow up |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enclose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put inside, surround |
| Synonyms: | blockade, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, confine, coop, corral, cover, encircle, encompass, enfold, enshroud, environ, fence, hedge, imbue, immure, implant, impound, imprison, include, induct, insert, intern, jail, limit, pen, restrict, veil, wrap, block off, box up, close in, encase, fence off, hem in, lock in, lock up, mew, mure, set apart, shut in, wall in |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go, unloose |
| Main Entry: | enslave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone a servant |
| Synonyms: | bind, capture, chain, check, circumscribe, coerce, compel, confine, deprive, dominate, enclose, enthrall, fetter, hobble, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, indenture, jail, oppress, reduce, restrain, restrict, secure, shackle, subdue, subject, subjugate, suppress, tether, tie, yoke, disenfranchise, disfranchise, enchain, get hooks into, keep under thumb, put in irons, shut in |
| Antonyms: | allow, emancipate, free, liberate, let go |
| Main Entry: | imprison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine; put in jail |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, bottle up*, cage, check, circumscribe, closet, commit, constrain, curb, detain, hold, ice*, immure, impound, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, limit, nab*, occlude, pen, put away, restrain, stockade, trammel, bastille, fence in, hold captive, hold hostage, hold in custody, keep captive, keep in custody, lock in, lock up, put behind bars, rail in, remand, send to prison, send up*, shut in, take prisoner |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incarcerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in jail, confinement |
| Synonyms: | book*, cage*, commit, confine, constrain, detain, hold, immure, impound, imprison, intern, jail, put away, railroad*, restrain, restrict, settle, bastille, coop up, lock up, put on ice, put under lock and key, send up the river, slough, take away, throw book at |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | residence for incarcerating criminals |
| Synonyms: | can*, clink*, confinement, cooler*, dungeon, jail, keep, lockup, pen*, penal institution, penitentiary, reformatory, stockade, G, bastille, guardhouse, slammer*, statesville, up the river |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reformatory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reform school |
| Synonyms: | boot camp*, cooler*, jail, penal institution, penitentiary, prison, training school, correctional facility, correctional institution |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | restrain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep under control; hold back |
| Synonyms: | arrest, bind, bottle up, bridle, chain, check, circumscribe, confine, constrain, contain, control, cool*, cork*, curb, curtail, debar, detain, deter, direct, fetter, gag, govern, guide, hamper, handicap, harness, hinder, hold, impound, imprison, inhibit, jail, keep, kill*, limit, manacle, muzzle, prevent, proscribe, repress, restrict, stay, subdue, suppress, tie up, box up, choke back, crack down, delimit, hem in, hogtie*, keep down, keep in line, lock up, pinion, pull back, sit on, tie down |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | run in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrest |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, bust, collar, cop*, detain, jail, nab, pick up, pinch*, pull in, take into custody, handcuff, put the cuffs on, throw in jail |
| Antonyms: | exonerate, free, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sentence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide punishment |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, blame, condemn, confine, convict, damn, denounce, devote, doom, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, judge, ordain, penalize, proscribe, punish, put away*, railroad*, rule, settle, mete out, pass judgment, put on ice, send to prison, send up the river, take the fall, throw the book at |
| Antonyms: | accuse, blame, charge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | big house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | penal institution |
| Synonyms: | big house, brig, can, cooler, coop, house of correction, jail, joint, penitentiary, prison, tank, big cage, big school, calaboose, city hotel, correctional institution, detention facility, house of detention, icebox, slammer, the river |
| Main Entry: | penal institution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correctional facility |
| Synonyms: | brig, concentration camp, dungeon, jail, labor camp, lockup, pen, penitentiary, prison, prison camp, stockade, POW camp, house of detention, military prison, penal colony, prisoner-of-war camp, slammer |
| Main Entry: | arrest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take into authorized custody |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, bag*, book, brace*, bust, capture, catch, collar, detain, drop*, get*, grab*, hook*, imprison, incarcerate, jail, kick*, nab*, nail*, net*, nick*, pick up*, pinch*, pull*, pull in*, round up*, roust*, run in*, secure*, seize*, sidetrack*, snag*, tab*, tag*, take in, gaff, glom, put the arm on, put the cuffs on, take prisoner, toss in jail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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