English verb: put behind bars | |||
1. | put behind bars (social) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | ||
Samples | The suspects were imprisoned without trial. The murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life. | ||
Examples | They want to put behind bars the prisoners | ||
Synonyms | gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, remand | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | confine, detain | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||