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
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of imprison
Zhou was arrested and imprisoned.
—
Byron Tau, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Once she is imprisoned along with her professor in Tehran’s brutal Evan prison, Layla and Sasan’s families race against time to secure her release.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Mike, beginning in Sunday’s first episode, must confront the limitations of his power when his younger brother Kyle (Taylor Handley) is imprisoned.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Some of them have been called, held to account and even imprisoned.
—Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for imprison
Byron Tau, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Once she is imprisoned along with her professor in Tehran’s brutal Evan prison, Layla and Sasan’s families race against time to secure her release.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Mike, beginning in Sunday’s first episode, must confront the limitations of his power when his younger brother Kyle (Taylor Handley) is imprisoned.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Some of them have been called, held to account and even imprisoned.
—Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for imprison
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprison
Verb
-
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, August 11, 2023.—
Dawn Giel,Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
-
Davis later violated the terms of his sentence and was jailed for the remainder of it.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
-
Green card holders like Gomez have been caught up in the deportation effort, too, including Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil, who was incarcerated by ICE for months.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
-
At the time, Locci's husband, Stefano Mele, was incarcerated for her murder.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprison. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share