imprison
verb
im·pris·on
im-ˈpri-zᵊn 
imprisoned; imprisoning; imprisons
: to put in or as if in prison : confine
Examples of imprison in a Sentence
He was imprisoned for murder.
He has threatened to imprison his political opponents.
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After the pair were arrested, Haghighi also co-signed a letter of protest—as did Panahi, who, in turn, was arrested and imprisoned.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
Prominent opposition figures either fled the country or were imprisoned.
—ABC News, 25 Mar. 2026
But first McCarty needed a sense of how many women were imprisoned at Mabel Bassett for crimes tied to their own abuse — a phenomenon that sentencing-reform advocates call criminalized survivorship.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Not be currently imprisoned after being convicted of a crime.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 24 Mar. 2026
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
Prominent opposition figures either fled the country or were imprisoned.
—ABC News, 25 Mar. 2026
But first McCarty needed a sense of how many women were imprisoned at Mabel Bassett for crimes tied to their own abuse — a phenomenon that sentencing-reform advocates call criminalized survivorship.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Not be currently imprisoned after being convicted of a crime.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 24 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for imprison
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imprison. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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imprison
verb
im·pris·on
im-ˈpriz-ᵊn
imprisoned; imprisoning
-ˈpriz-(ə-)niŋ
: to put in or as if in prison
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