Imprison
21imprison — im|pris|on [ ım prızn ] verb transitive usually passive 1. ) to put someone in a prison: Their leaders were arrested and imprisoned. youths imprisoned for minor offences a ) to put someone in a place and not let them out 2. ) to make someone feel …
22imprison — [[t]ɪmprɪ̱z(ə)n[/t]] imprisons, imprisoning, imprisoned VERB If someone is imprisoned, they are locked up or kept somewhere, usually in prison as a punishment for a crime or for political opposition. [be V ed] The local priest was imprisoned for… …
23imprison — im·pris·on || ɪm prɪzn v. put in prison, confine, jail, incarcerate …
24imprison — verb put or keep in prison. Derivatives imprisonment noun Origin ME emprison, from OFr. emprisoner …
25imprison — v. a. Incarcerate, immure, confine, commit, shut up, put in duress or durance, place in confinement …
26imprison — verb (T) 1 to put someone in prison or to keep them somewhere and prevent them from leaving: The government imprisoned or exiled all opposition leaders. 2 if a situation or feeling imprisons people it restricts what they can do: Many elderly… …
27imprison — im·pris·on …
28imprison — verb Syn: incarcerate, send to prison, jail, lock up, put away, intern, detain, hold prisoner, hold captive; informal send down; Brit.; informal bang up Ant: release …
29imprison — [ɪmˈprɪz(ə)n] verb [T] to put someone in a prison, or to keep them in a place that they cannot escape from imprisonment noun [U] …
30imprison — im•pris•on [[t]ɪmˈprɪz ən[/t]] v. t. to confine in or as if in a prison • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME enprisonen < OF enprisoner= en I+ prisoner, v. der. of prison prison im•pris′on•ment, n …
