English-Swedish translations for behind bars

• bakom lås och bom
  Motståndare som har anhängare eller som hotar att få det sätts bakom lås och bom.Opponents who have or threaten to acquire support are put behind bars.
  Dissidenter sätts ofta under löjeväckande långa perioder bakom lås och bom.Dissidents often disappear behind bars for a ridiculously long period of time.
  Om vi bortser från retoriken, hur många sådana människosmugglare har egentligen satts bakom lås och bom?For all the rhetoric, how many people-traffickers have actually been put behind bars?

Definition of behind bars

• In jail, in prison

Related words

• be behind bars
• behind someone's back
• behind somebody's back
• behind someone’s back
• behind one's back
• talk bad behind someone's back
• with one hand tied behind the back