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- Dictionaryimprison/ɪmˈprɪzən/
verb
- 1. put or keep in prison or a place like a prison: "he was imprisoned three times for his activities"
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to put someone in prison: be imprisoned for He was imprisoned in 1965 for attempted murder. figurative Unable to go out because of the deep snow, she felt imprisoned in her own house. Synonym. jail. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Putting people in prison. at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom. bang someone up. bar. behind bars idiom.
Jul 12, 2012 · The meaning of IMPRISON is to put in or as if in prison : confine. How to use imprison in a sentence.
Imprison definition: to confine in or as if in a prison.. See examples of IMPRISON used in a sentence.
To imprison is to hold someone in a prison or jail. It can also mean to confine them elsewhere. You might imprison a classmate in a locker, for example. Cops imprison suspects who can't make bail, and someone could be imprisoned for a long time if convicted of a serious crime.
Define imprison. imprison synonyms, imprison pronunciation, imprison translation, English dictionary definition of imprison. tr.v. im·pris·oned , im·pris·on·ing , im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. im·pris′on·a·ble adj. im·pris′on·ment n.
verb. If someone is imprisoned, they are locked up or kept somewhere, usually in prison as a punishment for a crime or for political opposition. The local priest was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation. [be VERB -ed] Dutch colonial authorities imprisoned him for his part in the independence movement. [VERB noun]
How to use . imprison in a sentenceElsewhere, she tells her inamorata, “It does not matter if you elude my arms/my dear, when thought alone can imprison you.”
