confine

verb

1. 1

   place limits on (extent or access)

   restrict the use of this parking lot

   limit the time you can spend with your friends

2. 2

   restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

3. 3

   to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement

   This holds the local until the express passengers change trains

   About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade

4. 4

   prevent from leaving or from being removed

5. 5

   deprive of freedom; take into confinement

6. 6

   close in; darkness enclosed him"