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imprison

DEFINITIONS OF: imprison

1

v lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

“The suspects were imprisoned without trial”
Synonyms:
gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand
Type of:
confine, detain
deprive of freedom; take into confinement

v confine as if in a prison

“His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house”
Type of:
confine, detain
deprive of freedom; take into confinement
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