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Recent Examples of imprison During the military coup in Argentina in the 1970s, the government routinely imprisoned and sometimes executed individuals without as much as charging them with a crime, let alone giving them due process. Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025 The federal government imprisoned Hibi and Okubo in concentration camps, first in California and then in Utah; Hayakawa relocated to New Mexico. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 What of Daedalus, the architect who created the awful labyrinth imprisoning both the Minotaur and his victims? Natalie Zutter september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025 One of the authors of their most recent prison abuse report is currently imprisoned. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for imprison
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Verb
  • Since 1986, employers have required to verify workers' eligibility to work, and can be fined or jailed if caught knowingly breaking the law.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Atlanta rapper was jailed from May 9, 2022, through October 31, 2024, and in the past week, several of his alleged phone conversations have been released to the public through social media.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The series, made by Adolescence producer Warp Films, follows Matthew Gurney as a Deaf man returning to society after ten years incarcerated.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Seeking punishment for a pre-existing (probably Oedipal) feeling of shame and inadequacy, some of the incarcerated seek a reality that fits their self-identity.
    Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprison. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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