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UK
/ɪmpɹˈɪzən/
]
[ US /ˌɪmˈpɹɪzən/ ]
[ US /ˌɪmˈpɹɪzən/ ]
VERB
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confine as if in a prison
His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone -
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
The suspects were imprisoned without trial
How To Use imprison In A Sentence
- Now comes the news that her shifty lawyer father has only 48 hours to raise a lot of money or face financial ruin and imprisonment.
- Ms. Miller's imprisonment for civil contempt of court was less a perfect storm — to use one of the press 'hoarier clichés to characterize a grim convergence of unpleasant events — as it was a brownout, a distressing midsummer sign that a full power outage is on its way. The Great D.C. Plame-Out, Or: Novak, Lord of the Journo-Flies
- The police had a good defence to the claims in false imprisonment and unlawful detention. Times, Sunday Times
- Neither does it give them excuse for committing imprisonable crimes or for not making efforts to work to support themselves. Times, Sunday Times
- Throughout the whole insurrection not asingle imprisoned Communist was shot.
- If John Doe is sentenced to a term of imprisonment and later goes out of his mind, the state may continue to keep him in the penitentiary for the duration of his sentence.
- These range from at least 10 years imprisonment to death sentences. Times, Sunday Times
- She was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for poisoning and attempted murder.
- They were found to have presided over miscarriages of justice that led to wrongful imprisonments.
- Both were convicted of indecently assaulting one victim, two charges of kidnapping, one of attempted kidnapping and three of false imprisonment.
