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Meaning of word put behind bars from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.

Example : The suspects were imprisoned without trial.
The murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life.

Synonyms : gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, remand