imprisoned

imprisoned
index arrested (apprehended), in custody

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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  • Imprisoned — Imprison Im*pris on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imprisoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imprisoning}.] [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F. emprisonner; pref. en (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See {Prison}.] 1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • imprisoned — adj. Imprisoned is used with these nouns: ↑dissident …   Collocations dictionary

  • imprisoned person — index captive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • imprisoned on a criminal charge — The state or condition of a person who is imprisoned, but not yet convicted. Mitchell v Greenough (CA9 Wash) 100 F2d 184 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • imprisoned — Synonyms and related words: barred, behind bars, beleaguered, beset, besieged, blockaded, bound, cabined, caged, cloistered, closed in, confined, cooped, cordoned, cordoned off, corralled, cramped, cribbed, enclosed, fenced, hedged, hemmed,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • imprisoned — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. arrested, jailed, incarcerated; see confined 3 …   English dictionary for students

  • imprisoned — adj. confined, jailed, kept in prison, incarcerated im·pris·on || ɪm prɪzn v. put in prison, confine, jail, incarcerate …   English contemporary dictionary

  • imprisoned — adjective being in captivity • Syn: ↑captive, ↑confined, ↑jailed • Similar to: ↑unfree • Derivationally related forms: ↑captive (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • imprisoned authors — famous authors who spent time in prison include Bunyan (Pilgrims’s Progress), Cervantes (Don Quixote), Dostoevski (Crime and Punishment), Raleigh (History of the World); O Henry (Cabbages and Kings), Wilde (Ballad of Reading Gaol and De… …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • Day of the Imprisoned Writer — The Day of the Imprisoned Writer is an annual, international day intended to recognize and support writers who resist repression of the basic human right to freedom of expression and who stand up to attacks made against their right to impart… …   Wikipedia

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