n
The act of placing or trapping something in a cage.
v
(transitive, archaic) To capture; to take captive.
n
(obsolete) A group of people/beings captive.
adj
(formal or literary) Of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison.
adj
Alternative form of carceral [(formal or literary) Of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison.]
n
(in combination) confinement in a cell
n
(obsolete) A prisoner incarcerated for a set term.
adj
(chiefly US) Of or pertaining to the imprisonment or rehabilitation of convicted criminals.
adj
Providing punishment by incarceration
n
An approach to caring for people in institutions which emphasizes supervision and control over the inmate's environment and access to resources.
n
The condition of being detained; detention.
n
Obsolete form of imprisonment. [A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.]
n
Alternative form of incagement [(obsolete, rare) Confinement in, or as if in, a cage.]
adj
(dated, poetic or archaic) enslaved
n
The intentional restriction of a person's movement within any area without legal authority, justification, or the restrained person's permission.
n
The situation in which a person intends to foster an animal temporarily but winds up adopting the animal permanently.
n
An instance of a person being gaoled.
n
The main body of inmates in a prison, excluding those being detained in solitary confinement, protective custody, a medical wing or on death row.
n
(uncountable) The reduction of a prisoner's sentence for good conduct while imprisoned.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To receive or entertain hospitably.
v
(dialectal, transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To entertain as a guest; to lodge as a guest.
n
Forced servitude in the form of physically difficult labor, usually as a penal punishment.
n
The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way.
n
(law) Confinement of a person to his or her residence, sometimes with a limited travel allowance, ordered by a judge or other authority as a more lenient alternative to imprisonment.
n
A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.
n
(obsolete, rare) Confinement in, or as if in, a cage.
n
(chiefly US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
n
(medicine, slang, humorous or derogatory) A medical condition induced by the threat of arrest or incarceration.
n
A state in industrial relations in which both employer and employees abstain from industrial action, such as strikes and lockouts.
n
(obsolete) The state of being an inmate.
n
A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
adj
Having been committed to an institution, such as a prison or an insane asylum.
n
The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
n
Confinement within narrow limits, as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.
adj
(of an offence) For which one may be jailed.
n
The state or condition of being jailed; imprisonment
n
An instance of a person being jailed.
n
Obsolete form of lieger. [(obsolete) A resident ambassador.]
n
The state of being imprisoned for the rest of one's life.
n
A prisoner sentenced to life in prison.
v
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To cohabit without marriage.
adj
(of a prison) Having a high level of security, designed to house the most dangerous of prisoners.
n
(obsolete) A prison, or other place of confinement.
adj
Of a prison, having limited security and offering prisoners certain freedoms.
n
The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care
adj
obsidional; relating to a siege
n
Synonym of overincarceration
n
(UK) solitary confinement, formerly used as a method of punishment in children's homes
n
A place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
n
(politics) A state that severely restricts the freedom of its citizens.
adj
destined for prison, by leading a life of crime
n
The world or sphere of prisons.
n
A person who is or feels confined or trapped by a situation or a set of circumstances.
n
A combatant or soldier who is captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
n
(historical, literary) A woman confined in a penal institution or held captive for a prolonged period of time
n
(now rare) Imprisonment.
adj
(obsolete) Resembling or characteristic of a prison.
n
Eye dialect spelling of prison. [A place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.]
n
(figuratively) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
n
The practice of charging extortionate rents for inferior properties, especially to poor, disadvantaged or immigrant tenants.
n
(derogatory, neologism, offensive) A refugee, regarded as being prone to raping people.
n
The capture and bringing back of fugitive slaves.
n
Forced isolation in a small space and the denial of contact with other persons, usually as a form of punishment for a prison inmate.
n
(US, dated) A prison maintained by the state.
n
An official responsible for investigating people who may be truant and compelling their attendance.
n
Synonym of begar (“forced labour system in India”)
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