send to prison

  • 1send to prison — index apprehend (arrest), commit (institutionalize), constrain (imprison), immure, imprison …

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  • 2Send (HM Prison) — Infobox HM Prison name = HMP Send size = caption = opened = 1962 type = Adult Female/Closed figures = 218 (October 2006) location = Send, Surrey governor = Ian Murray prisonid = 617 HMP Send is a women s prison in Send, near Woking in Surrey,… …

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  • 3send — I. /sɛnd / (say send) verb (sent, sending) –verb (t) 1. to cause to go; direct or order to go: to send a messenger. 2. to cause to be conveyed or transmitted to a destination: to send a letter. 3. to compel, order, or force to go: to send someone …

  • 4send — send1 sendable, adj. /send/, v., sent, sending. v.t. 1. to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college. 2. to cause to be conveyed or transmitted to a destination: to send a letter. 3. to order, direct,… …

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  • 5send — I [[t]sɛnd[/t]] v. sent, send•ing 1) to cause or enable to go: to send a messenger[/ex] 2) to cause to be conveyed to a destination: to send a letter[/ex] 3) to order or request to go: sending troops to battle[/ex] 4) to propel or drive: to send… …

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  • 6prison — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Place of confinement Nouns 1. prison, penitentiary; maximum, medium, or minimum security prison, jail, lockup, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell, oubliette; cell block; stronghold, fortress, keep, dungeon,… …

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  • 7send someone down — 1 (Brit.) she was sent down from Cambridge: EXPEL, exclude; Brit. rusticate. 2 (informal) he was sent down for life: SEND TO PRISON, imprison, jail, incarcerate, lo …

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  • 8send someone down — informal Syn: send to prison, imprison, jail, incarcerate, lock up, confine, detain, intern; informal put away; Brit.; informal bang up …

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  • 9send — W1S1 [send] v past tense and past participle sent [sent] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(by post etc)¦ 2¦(radio/computer etc)¦ 3¦(person to place)¦ 4 send (somebody) a message/signal 5 send your love/regards/best wishes etc 6¦(cause to move)¦ 7 send… …

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  • 10send — [ send ] (past tense and past participle sent [ sent ] ) verb transitive *** 1. ) to mail a letter or package to someone: I sent the letters yesterday, so they should arrive today. send someone something: I ll send you a copy of the report. send… …

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