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
Lugo, a fierce opponent of the Cuban government, arrived in the United States in 2002 after being imprisoned for her activism against the Castro regime.
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David Smiley, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
Ocalan, 76, has been imprisoned on the island of Imrali, off the coast of Istanbul, since 1999, after being convicted of treason.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
After a first wave of violence, Baader, Ensslin, and Meinhoff were arrested in 1972 and imprisoned in Stammheim high security prison in Stuttgart.
—Jason Burke, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
Both men were eventually imprisoned for espionage in France in 1986.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
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David Smiley, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
Ocalan, 76, has been imprisoned on the island of Imrali, off the coast of Istanbul, since 1999, after being convicted of treason.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
After a first wave of violence, Baader, Ensslin, and Meinhoff were arrested in 1972 and imprisoned in Stammheim high security prison in Stuttgart.
—Jason Burke, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
Both men were eventually imprisoned for espionage in France in 1986.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
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Buffalo Police had no updates Friday, but on Thursday released body-camera footage of the 2025 incident that led to Shah Alam being jailed for a year.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Kwok spoke with The Associated Press on Friday, one day after a Hong Kong court jailed her 69-year-old father, Kwok Yin-sang, for attempting to withdraw roughly $11,000 from her insurance policy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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In October 2025, testing showed a match with Kendrick’s son, who is incarcerated, according to the affidavit.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2026
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At the time, he was incarcerated in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, serving a life sentence on a previous conviction for robbery, kidnapping and rape that took place in September 1980 — the month after Parga's killing.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprison. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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