put behind bars

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
put behind bars
    v 1: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were
         imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated
         for the rest of his life" [syn: {imprison}, {incarcerate},
         {lag}, {immure}, {put behind bars}, {jail}, {jug}, {gaol},
         {put away}, {remand}]
    

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