The meaning of IMPRISON is to put in or as if in prison : confine. How to use imprison in a sentence.

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. If found guilty, he could be …

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.

Definition of imprison verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. 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.

IMPRISON definition: to confine in or as if in prison | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

imprison - 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"

To imprison means to confine or physically restrict one’s personal liberty, usually in a jail or prison. As a penalty of violating a criminal law , imprisonment varies differently from federal to state.

3 days ago · imprison (third-person singular simple present imprisons, present participle imprisoning, simple past and past participle imprisoned) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Halton Holegate: One of ...

Mar 16, 2017 · A four-year fight to imprison a Jacksonville attorney, whom state officials said was at the center of an illegal gambling ring at storefront gaming centers dubbed internet cafes, has ended...