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Definition of Put behind bars
1. Verb. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail. "They want to put behind bars the prisoners "; "The murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Confine, Detain
Derivative terms: Gaol, Gaoler, Immurement, Imprisonment, Imprisonment, Incarceration, Jail, Jailer, Jailor, Remand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Put Behind Bars
Literary usage of Put behind bars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Capital (1888)
"... a threat to democracy from the Fascist forces, how was it that she put behind
bars thousands of leaders without trial and gagged the Press ruthlessly ? ..."
2. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"As they were passing one of these heavy grated lattices, which indicate a baker's
shop, for bread is put behind bars like gold, Gavroche turned round ..."
3. The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz, Frederic Bancroft, William Archibald Dunning (1908)
"... which should be bridled by severe laws, so that the fellows who wielded too
loose a pen might be put behind bars—and so on, and so on. ..."
4. The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz, Frederic Bancroft, William Archibald Dunning (1908)
"... which should be bridled by severe laws, so that the fellows who wielded too
loose a pen might be put behind bars—and so on, and so on. ..."
5. Angola: Arms Trade and Violations of the Laws of War Since the 1992 by Arms Project (Human Rights Watch), Human Rights Watch/Africa (1994)
"Us soldiers had nowhere to flee and we were put behind bars. Many of my colleagues
died. We were given no medical assistance and little food or water. ..."
6. Financial Investigations: A Financial Approach to Detecting and Resolving Crimesby Don Vogel by Don Vogel (1999)
"No matter how many computers, police cars, or Swat teams law enforcement may
possess, not one criminal will be put behind bars unless the most precious of ..."
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