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imprison
[im-priz-uhn]
verb (used with object)
to confine in or as if in a prison.
Synonyms: , ,
imprison
/ ɪˈɪə /
verb
(tr) to confine in or as if in prison
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Other Word Forms
- imprisonable adjective
- imprisoner noun
- imprisonment noun
- reimprison verb (used with object)
- reimprisonment noun
- unimprisonable adjective
- unimprisoned adjective
- ˈDzԱ noun
- ˈDzԳԳ noun
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As a teenager, he got into a fight with a police officer and was imprisoned for assault.
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Israel compounded its right to deport with the right to imprison, enclose, and kill.
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Although Beech was later imprisoned for making false claims, and her husband's name was cleared, Lady Brittan feels his legacy has been permanently tarnished.
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His own grandfather, he said, was imprisoned in such a camp.
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“My most personal issue had me imprisoned. … It was a different society that I grew up in. Being closeted was the way to survive if you’re LGBTQ.”
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