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- Dictionaryimprisoned/ɪmˈprɪzənd/
adjective
- 1. kept in prison: captive: "an imprisoned dissident"
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Define imprisoned. imprisoned synonyms, imprisoned pronunciation, imprisoned translation, English dictionary definition of imprisoned. 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 or in a situation that is like prison: If found guilty , he could be imprisoned for ten years . After weeks of snow , she felt imprisoned in her own home .
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use imprison in a sentence The capricious and inhumane imprisoning of the feminist activists from Pussy Riot.
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