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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : im-priz-uhn |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈprɪz ən |
Definition of imprison
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French emprisoner (12c.), from em- "in" (see in- (2)) + prison (see prison). Related: Imprisoned; imprisoning.
- verb confine; put in jail
- And then, too, what fine jokers are those fellows who imprison art in a toy-box!
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- A man may arrest his own slave, and he may also imprison for safe-keeping the runaway slave of a friend.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- If they imprison you for resisting their tyrannies, others will take your place.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- Who has the right to imprison and assign the terms and conditions to the imprisoned?
- Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby
- It is in self-seeking and advancement that we narrow our faculties and imprison our natures.
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
- Imprison him as a criminal, and I affirm to you that he will be lost.
- Extract from : « Justice (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
- We kill off the worst, imprison the bad for life, attempt to reform the rest.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Mind » by James Mark Baldwin
- "Do not withdraw your hand," he pleaded, making an attempt to imprison that hand in his own.
- Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- I should not advise you to imprison them together—they would fight.
- Extract from : « The Regent's Daughter » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- When he says, 'Arrest and imprison' such and such a man, he is obeyed.
- Extract from : « The Man in the Iron Mask » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
Synonyms for imprison
- apprehend
- bastille
- bottle up
- cage
- check
- circumscribe
- closet
- commit
- constrain
- curb
- detain
- fence in
- hold
- hold captive
- hold hostage
- hold in custody
- ice
- immure
- impound
- incarcerate
- intern
- jail
- keep
- keep captive
- keep in custody
- limit
- lock in
- lock up
- nab
- occlude
- pen
- put away
- put behind bars
- rail in
- remand
- restrain
- send to prison
- send up
- shut in
- stockade
- take prisoner
- trammel
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