commit to prison

commit to prison
index arrest (apprehend), confine, constrain (imprison), contain (restrain), immure, imprison, jail

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  • commit to prison — send to jail …   English contemporary dictionary

  • commit — com·mit vb com·mit·ted, com·mit·ting vt 1 a: to put into another s charge or trust: entrust consign committed her children to her sister s care b: to place in a prison or mental hospital esp. by judicial order was found to be gravely …   Law dictionary

  • commit — v.tr. (committed, committing) 1 (usu. foll. by to) entrust or consign for: a safe keeping (I commit him to your care). b treatment, usu. destruction (committed the book to the flames). 2 perpetrate, do (esp. a crime, sin, or blunder). 3 pledge,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • commit — Synonyms and related words: accept obligation, accomplish, accredit, achieve, agree, agree to, allocate, allot, answer for, assign, assure, authorize, be answerable for, be responsible for, be security for, bind, bring about, bring off, bring to… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Prison reform — is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, aiming at a more effective penal system.TheoryA precise definition refers to an attempt to change the penal system, typically from one model to another. Changing back to an earlier model is… …   Wikipedia

  • Prison Break (season 2) — Prison Break season 2 Prison Break season two DVD cover Country of origin United States …   Wikipedia

  • Prison Break (season 1) — Prison Break season 1 Prison Break season one DVD cover Country of origin United States …   Wikipedia

  • commit — vb 1 Commit, entrust, confide, consign, relegate are comparable when they mean to assign to a person or place for some definite end or purpose (as custody or safekeeping). Commit is the widest term; it may express merely the general idea of… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Commit — Com*mit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Committed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Committing}.] [L. committere, commissum, to connect, commit; com + mittere to send. See {Mission}.] 1. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; used with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • commit — [kə mit′] vt. committed, committing [ME committen < L committere, to bring together, commit < com , together + mittere, to send: see MISSION] 1. to give in charge or trust; deliver for safekeeping; entrust; consign [we commit his fame to… …   English World dictionary

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