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- Dictionaryim·pris·on/imˈprizən/
verb
- 1. put or keep in prison or a place like a prison: "he was imprisoned for six months for contempt of court"
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The meaning of IMPRISON is to put in or as if in prison : confine. How to use imprison in a sentence.
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.
Synonyms for IMPRISON: jail, incarcerate, detain, confine, intern, restrain, commit, arrest; Antonyms of IMPRISON: liberate, free, release, discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, unchain, unbind
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.
verb jail, confine, detain, lock up, constrain, put away, intern, incarcerate, send down (informal), send to prison, impound, put under lock and key, immure He was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation. free, release, discharge, liberate, emancipate.
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. The local priest was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation. [be VERB -ed] Dutch colonial authorities imprisoned him for his part in the independence movement. [VERB noun]
verb. /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 a crime they didn't commit. be imprisoned (+ adv./prep.) (figurative) I feel imprisoned in my own home. Collocations Criminal justice. Extra Examples.
IMPRISON definition: to put someone in prison or keep them as a prisoner: . Learn more.
To restrict, limit, or confine in any way. Webster's New World. Synonyms: lag. immure. incarcerate. remand. gaol. jug. jail. put behind bars. put away. shackle. restrain. mure. limit. entomb. embar. Antonyms: let-go. release. free.
