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- Dictionaryimprison/ɪmˈprɪzən/
verb
- 1. put or keep in prison or a place like a prison: "he was imprisoned three times for his activities"
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to put someone in prison or in a situation that is like prison:
: to put in or as if in prison : confine. imprisonment. im-ˈpri-zᵊn-mənt. noun. Synonyms. commit. confine. immure. incarcerate. intern. jail. jug. lock (up) See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of imprison in a Sentence. He was imprisoned for murder. He has threatened to imprison his political opponents.
To imprison is to hold someone in a prison or jail. It can also mean to confine them elsewhere. You might imprison a classmate in a locker, for example. Cops imprison suspects who can't make bail, and someone could be imprisoned for a long time if convicted of a serious crime.
Imprison definition: to confine in or as if in a prison.. See examples of IMPRISON used in a sentence.
(ɪmprɪzən ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense 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.
/ɪmˈprɪzn/ [often passive] Verb Forms. to put somebody in a prison or another place from which they cannot escape synonym jail. be imprisoned (for something) They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. be imprisoned (+ adv./prep.) (figurative) Some young mothers feel imprisoned in their own homes. Collocations Criminal justice. Extra Examples.
Define imprison. imprison synonyms, imprison pronunciation, imprison translation, English dictionary definition of imprison. tr.v. im·pris·oned , im·pris·on·ing , im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. im·pris′on·a·ble adj. im·pris′on·ment n.
to put someone in prison: be imprisoned for 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. Synonym. jail. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Putting people in prison. at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom. bang someone up. bar. behind bars idiom.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024 How to use imprison in a sentence Elsewhere, she tells her inamorata, “It does not matter if you elude my arms/my dear, when thought alone can imprison you.”
imprison definition: to put someone in prison or keep them as a prisoner: . Learn more.
