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English verb: imprison | |||
| 1. | imprison (social) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | ||
| Samples | The suspects were imprisoned without trial. The murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life. | ||
| Examples | They want to imprison the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confine, detain | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 2. | imprison (social) confine as if in a prison | ||
| Samples | His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confine, detain | ||
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