as in to jail
to put in or as if in prison
in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they can't do any more harm
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Recent Examples of imprison
Italy’s wartime fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was imprisoned here in July 1943 after he was overthrown and arrested.
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Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Trump, in one of his Truth Social posts, cited laws against defacing monuments as grounds for imprisoning anyone harming the pool.
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Nathan Ellgren,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
He was imprisoned for organizing the assassination of Polish Interior Minister Bronisław Pieracki in 1934.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
In Cars, vehicles talk and run a whole society; in Finding Nemo, fish feel imprisoned when they’re placed in a tank; Inside Out posits, through the use of anthropomorphized memories, that to be forgotten is a fate as bad as death.
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David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
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Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Trump, in one of his Truth Social posts, cited laws against defacing monuments as grounds for imprisoning anyone harming the pool.
—
Nathan Ellgren,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
He was imprisoned for organizing the assassination of Polish Interior Minister Bronisław Pieracki in 1934.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
In Cars, vehicles talk and run a whole society; in Finding Nemo, fish feel imprisoned when they’re placed in a tank; Inside Out posits, through the use of anthropomorphized memories, that to be forgotten is a fate as bad as death.
—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprison
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Jail records show that Alcin, Martinez, Cobas and Putney were all denied bond and remained jailed at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
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Also contentious was last year’s jailing of former Trade Minister Thomas Lembong over sugar import permits a decade ago despite no evidence of personal financial gain.
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The goal is to eventually close the island to incarcerated individuals in a decarceration plan, replacing it with four other jails in Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn.
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Caleb Crawford was incarcerated in 2016 after indecently touching his cousin, a 12-year-old girl at the time.
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprison. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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