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holding captive synonyms
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- coop
- corral
- crate
- enclosure
- fold
- jail
- mew
- pen
- pinfold
- pound
- advance
- approximate
- be comparable to
- be like
- bear
- belly up to
- border
- buzz
- catch up
- come
- come at
- come close
- compare with
- contact
- converge
- correspond to
- compound
- paddock
- pen
- pound
- stockade
- apprehend
- bog down
- bust
- buttonhole
- check
- confine
- constrain
- decelerate
- delay
- hang up
- hinder
- hold up
- ice
- impede
- inhibit
- intern
- block off
- blockade
- bound
- box up
- cage
- circle
- circumscribe
- close in
- confine
- coop
- corral
- cover
- encase
- encircle
- encompass
- enfold
- close in
- confine
- coop up
- enclose
- envelop
- hem
- immure
- impound
- imprison
- incarcerate
- jail
- lock up
- mew
- pen
- restrain
- shut in
- begird
- beset
- border
- bound
- cage
- circle
- circumscribe
- close in
- confine
- corral
- define
- edge
- encircle
- encompass
- envelop
- environ
- cage
- close in
- corral
- detain
- enclose
- fence in
- hem in
- hold prisoner
- impound
- imprison
- incarcerate
- intern
- keep
- lock up
- pen
- put under lock and key
- cage
- close in
- corral
- detain
- enclose
- fence in
- hem in
- hold captive
- impound
- imprison
- incarcerate
- intern
- keep
- lock up
- pen
- put under lock and key
- cage
- coop up
- enclose
- fence in
- hold
- imprison
- keep
- pen
- seize
- shut in
- take
- apprehend
- bastille
- bottle up
- cage
- check
- circumscribe
- closet
- commit
- constrain
- curb
- detain
- fence in
- hold
- hold captive
- hold hostage
- hold in custody
- bastille
- book
- cage
- commit
- confine
- constrain
- coop up
- detain
- hold
- immure
- impound
- imprison
- intern
- jail
- lock up
- put away
- doctor
- immure
- resident
- student
- trainee
- accumulate
- amass
- cache
- care for
- carry
- conduct
- conserve
- control
- deal in
- deposit
- detain
- direct
- enjoy
- garner
- grasp
- grip
- cage
- coop
- corral
- fence
- fold
- hedge
- hutch
- jail
- penitentiary
- prison
- sty
- wall
- cage
- close in
- corral
- detain
- enclose
- fence in
- hem in
- hold captive
- hold prisoner
- impound
- imprison
- incarcerate
- intern
- keep
- lock up
- pen
- bar
- blockade
- defend
- fortify
- obstruct
- bottle up
- choke
- dry up
- dummy up
- fall silent
- gag
- hold tongue
- hush
- keep trap shut
- muzzle
- pipe down
- quiet
- quieten
- quit chattering
- shush
- silence
- allurement
- ambuscade
- ambush
- artifice
- bait
- booby trap
- come-on
- conspiracy
- deception
- decoy
- device
- dragnet
- enticement
- feint
- gambit
- hook
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