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imprison

imp·ri·son

UK/ɪmˈpɹɪzən/ US/ˌɪˈmprɪzʌn/ uncommon

verb

1.

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

  • “The suspects were imprisoned without trial”
  • “the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life”
2.

confine as if in a prison

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

Origin

Inherited from Middle English imprisonen, emprisounen, emprisonen, from Old French emprisonner. Equivalent to im- + prison.

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