imprison Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. expr. by carcer, ĕris, m., and a verb2. so by vincŭla, orum3. so by custodiaII. Fig. • imprison: I. Lit.: 1. expr. by carcer, ĕris, m., and a verb: in carcerem conjicere, Cic. Verr. 5, 28, 72; condere, ib. 29, extr.; ducere (to lead away to prison), ib. 30, med.: carcere includere, Curt. 8, 7, med. 2. so by vincŭla, orum: in vincula conjicere, Caes. B. G. 4, 27; ducere (v. supr.), Liv. 5, 9; abripere (with haste), Cic. Verr. 4, 10, fin. 3. so by custodia: v. foll. art. II. Fig.: to confine: inclūdo, si, sum, 3: while we are i.'d in this bodily frame, dum sumus in his inclusi corporis compagibus, Cic. Sen. 21, 77.