| behind bars |
in jail or prison. |
| brig |
a prison on board a ship. [1/2 definitions] |
| commit |
to put under the care or control of a person or institution, such as a prison or mental hospital. [1/3 definitions] |
| confine |
to shut in; put in prison. [1/3 definitions] |
| convict |
a person who is serving time in jail or prison. [1/2 definitions] |
| detain |
to force to stay or keep in prison. [1/2 definitions] |
| discharge |
to release from a place, such as a prison or hospital. [1/6 definitions] |
| free |
not held back or confined; not enslaved and not in prison. [1/10 definitions] |
| freedom |
If you have or live in freedom, you are free. Nobody owns you or has total control over you. If someone does not have freedom, they are completely in the power of someone else, and they are forced to stay in one place and cannot leave. People who are in prison do not have freedom. People who are slaves do not have freedom. [1/3 definitions] |
| imprison |
to put or keep in a prison. |
| lock1 |
to jail or keep in prison (usually followed by "up" or "in"). [1/5 definitions] |
| parole |
the release of a prisoner before the time of punishment is finished. Prisoners who are given parole have behaved well in prison. When on parole, they must obey certain rules. [2 definitions] |
| penitentiary |
a prison for people who have been found guilty of serious crimes. |
| prison |
A prison is a locked building for holding and punishing people who break the law. |
| prisoner |
a person who is held in a jail or prison while on trial or after being sentenced for a crime. [1/2 definitions] |
| stockade |
a military prison. [1/2 definitions] |
| ward |
A ward is a division of a prison. [1/4 definitions] |
| warden |
the person who runs a prison. [1/2 definitions] |