solitary confinementnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌsɒl.ɪ.tər.i kənˈfaɪn.mənt/us/ˌsɑː.lə.ter.i kənˈfaɪn.mənt/a punishment in which someone is kept in a room alone, usually in a prison
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Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom
- bang
- bang sb up
- bar
- behind bars idiom
- bird
- hold
- immured
- imprison
- incarcerate
- internment
- jail
- lock
- pen
- remand
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc. idiom
- send
- serve
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