Confined
Confined adjective - Taken and held prisoner.
Usage example: confined citizens have basic rights under that nation's constitution
Trapped and confined are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trapped" instead an adjective "Confined".
Nearby Words: confinement, confining
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Labyrinth: Sarah gets trapped in an oubliette which is but a part of the long confined path that is the Labyrinth itself, and then you have David Bowie crooning about the "Underground"...
Source: Down the Rabbit Hole -
Closed Circle: Isaac is confined to the Sprawl in the same way as when he was trapped on the Ishimura.
Source: Video Game / Dead Space 2 -
Sarah gets trapped in an oubliette which is but a part of the long confined path that is the Labyrinth itself, and then you have David Bowie crooning about the Underground.
Source: Down the Rabbit Hole
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