Meanings
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.
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.