Definitions for imprison

Definitions for (verb) imprison

Main entry: remand, put away, put behind bars, jail, jug, lag, immure, imprison, incarcerate, gaol

Definition: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

Usage: The suspects were imprisoned without trial; the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life


Main entry: imprison

Definition: confine as if in a prison

Usage: His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone


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