Reverse Dictionary: PRISON – VERBS

► ANGLE FOR FARTHINGS to dangle a cap, box, or other makeshift container from a prison window into the street below in the hope of picking up alms from kind-hearted passers-by → L18 sl.
► BABYSIT to act as a mentor or protector for newly arrived prisoners → 1984 US sl.
► BACKDOOR of one prisoner, just released: to cuckold one who remains imprisoned → 1980s Aust. prison sl.
► BAG to catch (a wrongdoer); hence, to arrest, to put in jail → 1824 Amer. sl.
► BAIL to liberate from imprisonment → 1581 obs.
► BANG UP 1. to send to prison → 1950 Brit. sl.
2. to lock up a prisoner in his or her cell, esp. for the night → 1999 prison sl. (Bk.)
► BASTILLE to confine in a bastille; to imprison → 1742
► BEAT to escape from prison → 1902 Amer. sl.
► BEAT THE BRICKS to be release from prison → 1994 sl. (Bk.)
► BEAT THE RAP to escape punishment, esp. a prison sentence → 1927 US sl.
► BECK to imprison → 1861 cant
► BECLOSE to shut up or in; to enclose, to imprison → c1000 obs.
► BE IN LUMBER to be imprisoned; also, to be in trouble → 1819 sl.
► BESHUT to shut in, to enclose, to surround; to shut up, to confine, to imprison → a1300 obs.
► BLOCK to fool someone → 1955 Aust sl.
► BOARD OUT to spend time in jail → 1935 Amer. dial.
► BOTTLE in prison, to conceal articles such as drugs or money in the rectum → 1996 UK sl.
► BOX to imprison → 1979 Amer. sl.
► BREAK STONE to serve a sentence of penal servitude → 1929 sl.
► BUILD to serve time in prison → 1967 US sl.
► BURN OUT to make a fire in a prisoner’s cell as retaliation for real or perceived cooperation with prison authorities → 1974 US sl.
► BURY to sentence a criminal to a long or life term in prison → 1904 US sl.
► BUTTON UP to place in solitary confinement → 1930s US prison sl.
► BUY THE SACK to become tipsy; to get drunk → c1720 sl.
► CABOOSE to imprison → L19 US sl.
► CAGE ► CAGE IN to imprison → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CALABOOSE to imprison → 1840 Amer. & nautical sl.
► CAN to imprison; to lock up → 1929 US police sl.
► CARCEIR to imprison → 1630-56 Sc. obs.
► CARCERATE to imprison, to incarcerate, to confine → 1839
► CARRY A CASE to be out of prison on bail → 1996 UK sl.
► CARRY IT TO THE DOOR to serve all of a prison sentence → 2002 US sl.
► CHECK OUT to leave prison → 1950 US sl.
► CHUBB ► CHUBB UP to lock up a cell for the night → 1950 UK prison sl.
► CHUCK UP to be released from prison → 1884 UK criminals’ sl,
► CLAP UNDER HATCHES to incarcerate → 1945 Amer. dial.
► CLAP UP to imprison hastily → 1999 (Bk.)
► CLINK to put in prison → c1850 sl.
► COB to imprison → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► COME SHORT HOME to be put in prison → 17C colloq.
► COP to imprison → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► COP A HEEL ► COP AND HEEL to attack from behind → 20C US prison sl.
► CRACK to break jail; to escape from prison → 1791 Amer. prison sl.
► CRACK THE QUA to break out of jail → 1807 Amer. sl.
► CRIB to lock up, to imprison → 1849
► CRUSH ► CRUSH OUT to escape from prison → 1974 Amer. criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► DINE IN in prison, to eat in your cell rather than communally → 1950 UK sl.
► DIS ► DISS to release, to discharge, as from prison → 1990 US sl.
► DISH OUT THE GRAVY of a judge: to deliver a severe sentence of imprisonment → 1950 UK sl.
► DISH OUT THE PORRIDGE of a judge: to deliver a severe sentence of imprisonment → 1950 UK sl.
► DITCH to be sent to prison → 1920s US criminals’ sl.
► DO A BID to serve a prison sentence → 2003 African-American sl.
► DO ONE’S BIRD to serve a prison sentence → 1924 Brit. sl.
► DO ONE’S OWN TIME to serve a prison sentence without becoming involved in any of the prison gangs, illicit business, etc. → 20C US criminals’ & prison sl.
► DO TIME to serve a prison sentence → 1837 sl.
► DUB UP to lock someone up in a prison cell → 1753 sl.
► EMPTY to be transferred suddenly to another prison → 1980s Aust. prison sl.
► FALL to be arrested or convicted; to be imprisoned → 1873 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► FETCH THE FARM to have oneself admitted to the prison infirmary; to be ordered prison infirmary diet and treatment → 1879 sl.
► GAFFLE to lock up in solitary confinement → 1960s US prison sl.
► GET A FALL to be arrested, to be imprisoned → 1920s US criminals’ sl.
► GET THE DARK to be confined in a punishment cell → c1880 criminals’ sl.
► GET THE WORKS 1920s US prison sl. – to receive a death sentence, to receive a very long sentence
► GO DOWN to send or be sent to prison → 1906 sl.
► GO OVER THE ROAD to be committed to the penitentiary → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GO OVER THE WALL 1. to go to prison → Amer. World War I sl.
2. to escape from prison → 1935 sl.
► GO TO STIR to go to prison → Amer. World War I sl.
► GO TO THE BASKET to go to prison → 1632
► HAVE IT AWAY to escape from prison or impending arrest → 1950s sl.
► HAVE IT AWAY ON ONE’S TOES to escape from prison or impending arrest → 1950s sl.
► HIT THE BRICKS to be set free from prison → 1931 US sl.
► ICE 1. to sentence someone to imprisonment → 1925 US criminals’ sl.
2. to place in solitary confinement → 1933 US sl.
► ICE DOWN to imprison → 1930s US criminals’ sl.
► IMMURE to shut up or enclose within walls; to imprison; to confine as in a prison or fortress → 1588
► INK-POT to arrest and imprison; to put into a dark cell → 1925 US criminals’ sl. 
► INWARD to imprison, to put in ward → 1802 Sc. obs.
► JACK to serve a prison sentence → 1960s US prison sl.
► JIGGER to shut up, to imprison → 1887 sl.
► JUG to arrest or imprison → 1841 US sl.
► KICK ALONG to serve out a prison sentence without letting it get you down → 1950 Aust. sl.
► KILL A NUMBER  to finish one’s sentence → 1992 US prison sl.
► KITE to smuggle a letter or message into or out of prison → 1925 sl.
► KNOCK DOWN to serve a prison sentence → 1990s US prison sl.
► LAG 1. to send someone to prison or transport them → 1812 sl.
2. to imprison on trumped up charges and faked evidence → 1910s US criminals’ sl.
3. to be serving a prison sentence → 1927 UK sl.
► LAM THE JOINT to escape from prison → 1932 US sl.
► LAY to put in or commit to prison → c1250 obs.
► LAY UNDER HATCHES to incarcerate → 1945 Amer. dial.
► LAY UP to place in confinement, to imprison → 1565 obs.
► LIFE OFF to sentence someone to life imprisonment → 2000 UK sl.
► LUMBER to deposit in pawn; hence, to put away privily, to imprison, to arrest → 1819 sl.
► MAKE A LAM to escape from prison → 1928 US sl.
► MAX ► MAX OUT to complete a maximum prison sentence → 1972 US sl.
► MILN UP to lock into a cell → 1940s UK prison sl.
► MURE to imprison; to confine as in a prison or fortress → a1450
► NEWGATE to imprison → 1740 sl.
► NICK to put in jail, to imprison → 1926 Sc. 
► NURSE THE IRON BABY to be in prison → 1895 UK criminals’ sl.
► PACK to carry contraband in and out of a prison; to carry a concealed weapon → 1960s US prison sl.
► PACK A BIT AWAY to serve a term of imprisonment → c1918 US prison sl.
► PACK IN to serve or complete a prison sentence → 1935 US criminals’ sl.
► PANNAM BOUND to stop the issue of rations to a prisoner → M19 UK prison sl.
► PARTAKE OF HER MAJESTY’S HOSPITALITY ► PARTAKE OF HIS MAJESTY’S HOSPITALITY to spend time in prison → L19 sl.
► PENETENTIAR to send to prison → 1924 Amer. dial.
► PENETENTIR to send to prison → 1927 Amer. dial.
► PENITENTIARY to send to prison → 1974 Amer. dial.
► PENITENTURE to send to prison → 1963 Amer. dial.
► PLAY THE FAG ROLE to pretend sexual interest in another inmate; the aim being to  annoy a third party → 2000s US prison sl.
► POLICE to maintain prison discipline and rules → 1910s US prison sl.
► POLISH THE KING’S IRON WITH ONE’S EYEBROW to look out of grated or prison windows → 1785 sl.
► PROGRAMME in prison: to follow the rules and avoid trouble in hope of an early release → 1981 US sl.
► PULL to serve time in prison or in the armed forces → 1961 US sl.
► PULL TIME to be sentenced to imprisonment → 1950 US sl.
► PUT AWAY to send to prison → 1872 sl.
► PUT ONE’S PEN TO THE WIND of a prisoner: to tell an officer to file disciplinary report; of an officer: to tell a prisoner to file a grievance → 2000s US prison sl.
► QUEER THE QUOD to break out of jail → L18 US criminals’ sl.
► QUOD 1. to put in prison → 1812 sl.
2. to serve a prison sentence → L19 sl.
► RACK THE BARS to open or close a prison cell door → 1992 US sl.
► RACK UP in prison: to return prisoners to their cells → 1990 US sl.
► RAILROAD to send a person directly to prison without proof of guilt, due process of law, or a fair trial; to send to jail by false evidence or by cheating, tricking, deceiving, or framing → L19 Amer. sl.
► RAISE to escape, to get out of, to be released from prison → 1960s US sl.
► RAISE UP to be given leave or parole to leave a prison → 1970s US prison sl.
► RAMP to search a prisoner or a prison cell → 1919 Aust. sl.
► SALT to initiate a new prisoner → 1940s UK prison sl.
► SCAB of an inmate: to curry favour with the authorities → 1970s NZ prison sl.
► SEND DOWN to send to prison → 1840 sl., orig. US
► SEND UP to send someone to prison → 1852 sl., now US
► SETTLE to send to prison → 1899 US sl.
► SHEET to charge with a prison misconduct → 1990 Aust. prison sl.
► SHELF to imprison → 1867 US criminals’ sl.
► SHIP ► SHIP OUT ► SHIP OFF to move or be moved from prison to prison → 1950 US sl.
► SHOP to imprison → 1678 Amer.
► SKATE to be in a forbidden area of the prison → 2000s US prison sl.
► SKULLDRAG in prison: to awake a prisoner in the early hours for immediate transfer to another prison → 1996 UK sl.
► SLOUGH to send or be sent to prison → 1848 sl.
► SMELL OF THE ROAST to get into prison → 1696 sl.
► SPRING 1. to leave prison → 1900 sl., orig. US
2. to bail someone out of jail; to obtain the release of a person from prison → 1920s US sl.
► TAG to imprison → 1950s sl.
► TAKE A DROP to be arrested, to be imprisoned → 1920s US criminals’ sl.
► TAKE A FALL to be arrested or convicted; to be imprisoned → 1928 sl.
► TAKE A FLIER ► TAKE A FLYER to escape from prison → 20C US prison sl.
► TAKE AN IMMEDIATE DUCK to escape from prison → 1934 US prison sl.
► TAKE A RAP to take a punishment, often a prison sentence, that is actually due to someone else → c1886 US criminals’ sl.
► TAKE A TRIP TO THE COUNTRY to go to prison → 1945 Aust. criminals’ sl.
► TAKE A WALK UP BACK to be moved from one’s cell to the execution chamber → 1920s US prison sl.
► TAKE FRENCH LEAVE to escape while on trust outside the prison walls → 1935 US prison sl.
► TAKE IT ON ONE’S TOES to escape from prison or impending arrest → 1950s sl.
► TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR DUFFY to run away; to escape from prison → c1915 US prison sl.
► TAKE IT ON THE HEEL AND TOE to depart, esp. swiftly and quietly to evade justice; to escape from prison → c1915 US prison sl.
► TAKE IT OUT to serve a prison term rather than pay a fine → L19 Aust. sl.
► TAKE ONE’S DEGREES to be imprisoned, to serve a sentence → E19 sl.
► TAKE ONE’S WALK UP BACK to move into the condemned-to-death cell → 1929 US criminals’ sl.
► TAKE STRIPES to be sent to prison → L19 US sl.
► TAKE THE RAP to serve a prison sentence, esp. for protection of another guilty person → c1886 US sl.
► TUCK AWAY to imprison → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► UNHOOK to release from being arrested or from prison → 1950s sl.
► VIKING to live a good life, with plenty of material comforts, despite being incarcerated → 2000s US prison sl.
► WALK to be released from prison or arrest → 1950s US prison & criminals’ sl.
► WALK THE BLACK DOG ON to inflict a punishment on a new fellow-prisoner who refuses to pay the automatic fine that is levied on him as a new inmate → L18 UK prison sl.
► WALK THE YARD to methodically walk in a prison open space → 1981 US sl.
► WARD to keep in close custody or confinement; to imprison → 1390 chiefly Sc. obs.
► WAREHOUSE to put in prison → 1881 sl.
► WEEP AND WAIT to serve a prison sentence while awaiting news on the outcome of an appeal → 1962 US sl.
► WIND UP WITH ONE’S JOINT IN ONE’S HAND to be put in jail with no sexual outlet but masturbation → E20 US criminals’ sl.
► WRAP UP to complete the final days of a prison sentence → 1976  US sl.
► WRITE UP to report a  convict for misconduct → 1920s US prison sl.
► YANK SOMEONE’S COAT to confront a fellow inmate with a secret they do not wish revealed → 2000s US prison sl.
► YARD OUT to exercise in a prison yard → 1984 US sl.