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
Additionally, Bateman's male followers were also imprisoned.
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Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Prager was imprisoned in the Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Albuquerque duly arrived in India, expecting to take charge, but Almeida imprisoned him in August 1509, reportedly having doubted the legality of his commission.
—Sanat Pai Raikarall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026
The judge also expressed doubt that Carroll's medical needs would be met if imprisoned, and believed Carroll, who had no criminal offenses prior to the crash, would respond well to the terms of the probation.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
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Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Prager was imprisoned in the Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Albuquerque duly arrived in India, expecting to take charge, but Almeida imprisoned him in August 1509, reportedly having doubted the legality of his commission.
—Sanat Pai Raikarall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026
The judge also expressed doubt that Carroll's medical needs would be met if imprisoned, and believed Carroll, who had no criminal offenses prior to the crash, would respond well to the terms of the probation.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
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Since the 2021 army takeover, nearly 8,000 civilians have been killed and some 22,208 political detainees remain jailed, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a rights monitoring group.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Confronted by the local cops, Strahler admitted to creating and sending the images, then was arrested and jailed.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2026
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Fiapoto has previously been incarcerated for weapons charges, after a 2022 gang sweep in San Francisco.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Prior to being incarcerated, Matsumoto’s grandparents owned a grocery store in downtown Los Angeles.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprison. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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