captivitynoun [ U ]
uk/kæpˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/kæpˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/the situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere and is not allowed to leave:
All the hostages, when released from captivity, looked remarkably fit and well.
Animals bred in captivity would probably not survive if they were released into the wild.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom
- bang
- bang sb up
- bar
- behind bars idiom
- bird
- hold
- imprison
- incarcerate
- internment
- jail
- lag
- lock
- pen
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc. idiom
- send
- send sb down
- serve
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