to imprison or keep behind bars; to hold someone in custody

A ban on members of a certain political faction from holding office

Two political purges during the Eastern Han dynasty (166 and 169 AD) where powerful palace eunuchs imprisoned or executed scholar-officials and students who opposed them, leading to a ban on those individuals and their families holding office.

(meteorology) A weather front formed during the late stages of a cyclone when a fast-moving cold front overtakes a warm front, forcing the warm air mass entirely off the ground.

a weather front formed during the process of cyclogenesis when a cold front overtakes a warm front

to repair or patch cracks and holes in metal objects by pouring in molten metal

a tinker or artisan who repairs leaky pots and pans

stopped up; physically blocked

To put a prisoner in a wooden collar or shackles to restrict their movement; to confine or restrain a person.