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English verb: imprison

1. imprison (social) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail


SamplesThe suspects were imprisoned without trial.
The murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life.


ExamplesThey want to imprison the prisoners


Synonymsgaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand


Pattern of useSomebody ----s somebody


Broader (hypernym)confine, detain


Domain categoryjurisprudence, law

2. imprison (social) confine as if in a prison


SamplesHis daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone.


Pattern of useSomebody ----s somebody


Broader (hypernym)confine, detain









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