imprison
verb
im·pris·on im-ˈpri-zᵊn 
imprisoned; imprisoning; imprisons
: to put in or as if in prison : confine
Examples of imprison in a Sentence
He was imprisoned for murder. He has threatened to imprison his political opponents.
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The project denounces Haiti’s justice system through the story of a woman imprisoned for years without trial and later judged not by law, but by scripture. —
Lise Pedersen, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026 Those who answered no to the questions were, in most cases, imprisoned for the remainder of the war or beyond. —Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026 Cobham was forced to divorce Gloucester and undergo public humiliation and was imprisoned. —Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 DFIs channeled public money into private equity funds whose managers paid themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to expand a health care regime that, in some cases, had effectively imprisoned the people who most needed help. —Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for imprison
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Lise Pedersen, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026 Those who answered no to the questions were, in most cases, imprisoned for the remainder of the war or beyond. —Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026 Cobham was forced to divorce Gloucester and undergo public humiliation and was imprisoned. —Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 DFIs channeled public money into private equity funds whose managers paid themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to expand a health care regime that, in some cases, had effectively imprisoned the people who most needed help. —Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for imprison
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/imprison. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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imprison
verb
im·pris·on im-ˈpriz-ᵊn
imprisoned; imprisoning
-ˈpriz-(ə-)niŋ
: to put in or as if in prison
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