Imprison

Quick meaning: Imprison is a verb meaning (transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.

Meaning

(transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.

Example Sentences

[...] demand for the boots fell sharply after the Battle of Waterloo, and Brunel was imprisoned for debt in 1821.

None of these people has ever had what they really wanted, and if they get a glimmer of it, they back off suspiciously, failures of imagination helping to imprison them further.

One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II.

Word Forms

• imprisons
• imprisoning
• imprisoned

Synonyms for imprison

Depending on context, synonyms include bang up, gaol, jail, lock up, immure, bastille.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include incarcerate, gaol, jail, remand, immure, lag.

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