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
Reports later revealed that the Turpin parents restricted the food their children could eat, left several of them in a home alone to fend for themselves, and imprisoned, beat, and strangled their kids.
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Stephanie Kaloi, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
Routh suggested trading himself for journalists imprisoned in China, protesters held in Iran or prisoners of war suffering in Russia.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Thousands more have been imprisoned.
—Shahrnush Parsipur, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
However, the bill gave Lincoln great power by suspending this in order to imprison those who were viewed as threats to the Union.
—Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
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Stephanie Kaloi, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
Routh suggested trading himself for journalists imprisoned in China, protesters held in Iran or prisoners of war suffering in Russia.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Thousands more have been imprisoned.
—Shahrnush Parsipur, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
However, the bill gave Lincoln great power by suspending this in order to imprison those who were viewed as threats to the Union.
—Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprison
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He was jailed in Nevada City, the seat of Nevada County about an hour’s drive from Truckee on the other side of a 7,000-foot mountain pass.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Andrés Velásquez didn't stick around to become one more government critic jailed after Venezuela's 2024 presidential election.—
EGINA GARCIA CANO,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Immersion Fellowship for their work with women incarcerated in county jails.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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While incarcerated, that previous operator had more than 460 calls with Solomon in the past year alone, the report said.—
Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprison. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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