imprison

verb im·pris·on \ im-ˈpri-zᵊn \

|Updated on: 17 Jun 2018

Examples: imprison in a Sentence

Definition of imprison

imprisoned; imprisoning; imprisons

transitive verb

: to put in or as if in prison : confine

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imprisonment

play \im-ˈpri-zᵊn-mənt\ noun

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Examples of imprison in a Sentence

He was imprisoned for murder.
He has threatened to imprison his political opponents.

Recent Examples of imprison from the Web

According to Amnesty International, more than 200,000 North Koreans are imprisoned in labor camps in the country Later in his news conference before leaving Singapore, Trump revealed another key element of his thinking on Kim.

— chris cillizza, CNN, "What Donald Trump said about the media is bad. What Mo Brooks said is even worse.," 14 June 2018
The Iranian nation and its government will not tolerate to be both subject to sanctions and have its nuclear programme restricted and imprisoned.

— umair irfan, Vox, "Uranium enrichment will be a key point in talks with North Korea. Here’s what it is.," 11 June 2018
In one known instance, a 9-year-old boy was imprisoned for 10 years because his grandfather was accused of treason.

— NBC News, "U.S. won't bring up North Korea's human rights issues at Singapore summit," 11 June 2018
The tinny music in the music box is the theme from Swan Lake -- a ballet where the heroine is imprisoned in the body of a swan, stripped of her identity.

— rena gross, Billboard, "10 Surprises From 'Handmaid's Tale' Season 2, Episode 8 'Women's Work'," 6 June 2018
Long imprisoned, man walks free after Greitens grants clemency Advertisement Rodney Lincoln, who was convicted for manslaughter and two counts of assault, walked free Friday, a beneficiary of then-Gov.

— max londberg, kansascity, "Man sentenced to 80 years for KC burglary walks free on Greitens' final day," 3 June 2018
Who her family issued the driving ban in the first place, put so many women in jail for driving, and just imprisoned prominent women's rights activists who risked their life and freedom to lift the ban.

— refinery29.com, "Why Women's Rights Activists Are Furious At This Vogue Cover," 1 June 2018
America is not just imprisoning people who are in the country illegally.

— The Economist, "American border officials are separating migrant families," 31 May 2018
The 2007 state appeal featured a deposition of Otis Jackson, a man who, on three separate occasions, confessed to the crime for which Al-Amin is imprisoned.

— obaid h. siddiqui, The Root, "The Unofficial Gag Order of Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown): 16 Years in Prison, Still Not Allowed to Speak," 30 May 2018

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