| 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 | ||