transitive. To shut up or in; to enclose, imprison.

To put (a person) in prison. Similarly to set in (on) the pillory (see pillory, n.). Obsolete.

transitive. To shut up, enclose, imprison (a person) (in a place). Sometimes with up.

transitive. To put in a place of confinement, make a prisoner of; to keep in a prison or other place of confinement; to detain in custody; imprison.

transitive (a) To arrange, dispose. (b) To treat, deal with. (c) To consign (to prison). Cf. dight, v. I.

transitive. To put into prison, to confine in a prison or other place of confinement; to detain in custody, to keep in close confinement; to…

To put in or commit to (prison). Obsolete.

To hold as a captive or prisoner; to hold in custody or in restraint of personal liberty; to prevent from escaping.

transitive. To hand over or deliver up (a person) as a prisoner. Now rare.

transitive. To enclose or confine in a locked room, box, etc.; to keep securely under lock and key. Frequently with prepositional phrase as…

transitive. To put (a person) in prison, esp. in a rough, abrupt, or summary manner. With prepositional phrase as complement. Frequently in passive.

transitive. To place (a person) in custody; to imprison. Cf. commit, v. 4. rare.

esp. To put (with promptitude or high-handedness) in prison or custody; to imprison, confine. Also simply to clap up (†to clap fast): ‘to imprison…

transitive. To shut up (a person); to imprison. Also with up. Obsolete slang in later use.

To place in confinement, imprison. Obsolete.

transitive. To shut up in prison; to put in confinement; to imprison.

transitive. To enclose within bars; to enclose, imprison. Also figurative. archaic.

To shut up or enclose within walls; to imprison; to confine as in a prison or fortress.

transitive. To put into a hole; to put in prison; to plant (sugar canes) in holes or trenches.

transitive. To shut up as in a trunk; to imprison. rare.

Of a person: in confinement, imprisoned. Only in to keep (a person) dark: to keep (a person) in confinement on the grounds of insanity. Obsolete.

transitive. To imprison.

transitive. To shut up in, or as in, a jail; to imprison.

transitive. To confine, enclose, or shut up as in a pocket. Frequently in passive.

transitive. To commit (a person) to a bridewell; to imprison. Usually in passive.

transitive. To confine in or as if in a bastille (see bastille, n. 4); to imprison (literal and figurative).

transitive. To confine in, or as in, a cage; to imprison.

transitive. To put (a person) in prison; to cause (a person) to be put in prison.

transitive. To capture, arrest, or imprison (a criminal, enemy soldier, etc.). colloquial.

transitive. To imprison, incarcerate, confine.

To dispatch or commit to prison by sentence. Frequently passive. slang (originally U.S.).

slang. To shut up in jail; to imprison. (Cf. jug, n.2 2.) Also transferred. To confine.

slang. To imprison, to lock (up). Usually in passive.

To put in prison.

transitive. colloquial. To send to prison; to commit to or confine in an institution.

slang. To put in prison.

transitive. To confine or store in a roundhouse. Also figurative. Now rare.

To arrest, put in prison.

transitive. British slang (originally Criminals' slang). to bang up: to lock up, imprison, detain in custody; to confine (a prisoner) to a cell…