Tuck Everlasting

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  1. incarcerate
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    Mae is incarcerated in the newly built jail, and will be hanged – but since she cannot die, her date with the gallows will but reveal the Tucks' secret to the world.
  2. jailhouse
    a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
    Meeting the family by the jailhouse the night before Mae's "execution", the boys jimmy open the jailbars and Winnie takes the place of Mae in the cell.
  3. abduction
    the criminal act of carrying someone away by force
    Their brief time together is ended when the man in the yellow suit confronts the family, who he has tracked to their home after the "abduction".
  4. kidnapping
    (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
    He sees the incident as a kidnapping, and uses it to his advantage in order to buy the woods from the Foster family.
  5. shotgun
    firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
    After hearing his plan, Mae Tuck takes out a shotgun and hits him over the head with it, from which he eventually dies.
  6. gallows
    an instrument from which a person is executed by hanging
    Mae is incarcerated in the newly built jail, and will be hanged – but since she cannot die, her date with the gallows will but reveal the Tucks' secret to the world.
  7. kidnap
    take someone away against their will, often for ransom
    He sees the incident as a kidnapping, and uses it to his advantage in order to buy the woods from the Foster family.
  8. sheriff
    the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
    The sheriff, who has followed the man, sees the entire incident.
  9. jail
    a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
    Mae is incarcerated in the newly built jail, and will be hanged – but since she cannot die, her date with the gallows will but reveal the Tucks' secret to the world.
  10. execution
    putting a condemned person to death
    Meeting the family by the jailhouse the night before Mae's "execution", the boys jimmy open the jailbars and Winnie takes the place of Mae in the cell.
Created on 十一月 12, 2010 (updated 十一月 12, 2010)

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