immuredadjective
uk/ɪˈmjʊəd/us/ɪˈmjʊrd/literarykept as a prisoner or closed away and out of sight:
Immured in a dark airless cell, the hostages waited six months for their release.
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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