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imprison

(ɪmprɪzən)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense imprisons, present participle imprisoning, past tense, past participle imprisoned
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]
Synonyms: jail, confine, detain, lock up More Synonyms of imprison

imprison in British English

(ɪmˈprɪzən)
verb
(transitive)
to confine in or as if in prison
Derived forms
imprisoner (imˈprisoner)
noun
imprisonment (imˈprisonment)
noun

imprison in American English

(ɪmˈprɪzən)
verb transitive
1. 
to put or keep in prison; jail
2. 
to restrict, limit, or confine in any way
Derived forms
imprisonment (imˈprisonment)
noun

Examples of 'imprison' in a sentence
imprison

Was it inevitable that you would be arrested and imprisoned?
Christianity Today (2000)
Both denied falsely imprisoning her but were found guilty.
The Sun (2016)
She and the other activists were imprisoned last year and held without charge for weeks.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
When released he argued that there was no power to detain him and he had been falsely imprisoned.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Molotov's adored wife was arrested and imprisoned.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He has been imprisoned some 20 years in the mental health system.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He's not been arrested or imprisoned for a few weeks now.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He served four months of a 15-month sentence for falsely imprisoning a male escort.
The Sun (2009)
During the war he was captured on Crete and imprisoned for five years.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He is then alleged to have falsely imprisoned her until October last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A cautious beginning was made of releasing some of the tens of thousands who had been falsely imprisoned.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
She was arrested and imprisoned.
Paul Preston The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge
He was exempted from the death penalty, but when he emerged from hiding he was arrested and imprisoned for two months.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
While his parents' frantic efforts to take him to Prague for it were rewarded by their being arrested and imprisoned.
The Sun (2015)
He was imprisoned for twelve years and has been sporadically jailed since, but the Algerian government now lets him run on a leash.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)

In other languages
imprison

British English: imprison VERB
If someone is imprisoned, they are locked up, usually in prison, as a punishment for a crime.
He was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of theft.
  • American English: imprison
  • Brazilian Portuguese: encarcerar
  • Chinese: 监禁
  • European Spanish: encarcelar
  • French: emprisonner
  • German: inhaftieren
  • Italian: imprigionare
  • Japanese: 刑務所に入れられる
  • Korean: 감금되다
  • European Portuguese: encarcerar
  • Latin American Spanish: encarcelar

Chinese translation of 'imprison'

imprison

(ɪmˈprɪzn)

vt

  1. 监(監)禁 (jiānjìn)
(verb) 
Definition
to confine in or as if in prison
He was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation.
Synonyms
jail
He was jailed for twenty years.
confine
He has been confined to his barracks.
detain
He was arrested and detained for questioning.
lock up
constrain
put away
intern
He was interned as an enemy at the outbreak of the war.
incarcerate
The general was incarcerated for life.
send down (informal)
send to prison
impound
put under lock and key
immure (archaic)
Opposites
free
,
release
, discharge,
liberate
,
emancipate

Additional synonyms

in the sense of confine
Definition
to keep within bounds
He has been confined to his barracks.
Synonyms
imprison,
enclose,
shut up,
intern,
incarcerate,
circumscribe,
hem in,
immure (archaic),
keep,
cage
in the sense of detain
Definition
to force (someone) to stay
He was arrested and detained for questioning.
Synonyms
hold,
arrest,
confine,
restrain,
imprison,
intern,
take prisoner,
take into custody,
hold in custody
in the sense of immure
Definition
to imprison
Synonyms
imprison,
jail,
confine,
cage,
enclose,
cloister,
incarcerate,
shut in or up,
wall up or in

Synonyms of 'imprison'

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