Verlies meaning and definition in german

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n ‎(genitive Verlieses, plural Verliese, diminutive Verlieschen n)

1. dungeon historic prison in a vault Gefangene Feinde ließ man in Verliesen unterhalb der Burg verhungern. Captured enemies were starved to death in dungeons below the castle.
2. an underground prison or place of captivity Der Entführer hielt sein Opfer in einem eigens gebauten Verlies im Keller seines Hauses. The kidnapper held his victim in a specially built prison in the basement of his house.