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To confine or shut someone away.

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immure

In the tale, the jealous ruler threatens to immure the poet in a tower.
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The house archivist refused to immure herself in the records room for an entire winter, insisting that her work needed conversation with other residents.
From Confined by Someone Else's Rules.
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