imprison

[US]/ɪmˈprɪzn/
[UK]/ɪmˈprɪzn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. confine someone in prison; hold captive; incarcerate.

Example Sentences

they were imprisoned for possession of explosives.

He was imprisoned for two years.

They have imprisoned an innocent man.

They imprisoned many of those they caught.

They felt imprisoned by always being findable.

You can imprison my body but not my mind.

purged all the imprisoned dissidents.

He imprisoned her,in a figurative sense.

young lasses imprisoned by hoary old husbands.

he was imprisoned three times for his activities.

he was imprisoned for his involvement in a plot to overthrow the government.

of fining or imprisoning the procurer, but not the fornicator, the gambling-house keeper, but not the gambler.

We felt awe when contemplating the works of Bach. The imprisoned soldiers were in awe of their captors.

Unable to effect reform, he was overthrown and imprisoned by Victoriano Huerta (1913) and was killed while reportedly attempting to escape.

If fanatics who believe Muslim women should be imprisoned in their homes and gay people should be killed are insulted by my arguments, I don't resile from it.

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