imprisonverb [ T usually passive ]
uk/ɪmˈprɪz.ən/us/ɪmˈprɪz.ən/C1 to put someone in prison:
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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom
- bang
- bang sb up
- bar
- behind bars idiom
- bird
- hold
- immured
- incarcerate
- internment
- jail
- lag
- lock
- pen
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc. idiom
- send
- send sb down
- serve
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imprisonable
adjective uk/ɪmˈprɪz.ən.ə.bəl/us/ɪmˈprɪz.ən.ə.bəl/
Driving while under the influence of alcohol is an imprisonable offence.
imprisonment
noun [ C or U ] uk/ɪmˈprɪz.ən.mənt/us/ɪmˈprɪz.ən.mənt/
C2
She was sentenced to five years' imprisonment.