Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb put_behind_bars

1 sense of put behind bars

Sense 1
imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand -- (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")
       => confine, detain -- (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)