Synonyms of imprison

imprison

verb

im-ˈpri-zᵊn 

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

• jail
• incarcerate
• detain
• confine
• intern
• restrain
• commit
• arrest
• lock (up)
• immure
• restrict
• catch
• capture
• shut
• apprehend
• constrain
• limit
• seize
• jug
• gate
• impress
• bind
• keep
• bar
• hold
• impound
• nab
• pinch
• enchain
• handcuff
• shackle
• bust
• fetter
• pick up
• manacle
• shanghai
• trammel

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberate
• free
• release
• discharge
• emancipate
• enfranchise
• unchain
• unbind
• manumit
• unfetter
• uncage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imprison

Mohammed confessed to planning and executing the attacks while imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

After surviving prison by replacing violence with leadership and dialogue, he is transferred to Uruguay, where a Kafkaesque legal trap keeps him imprisoned for 19 years. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Some of the thugs were actual neo-Nazis, led by real-life Russian fascist Maksim Martsinkevich, who would later be imprisoned for posting racist videos, investigated for murder and, in 2020, found dead in his cell of an apparent suicide. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Holmes is currently imprisoned after being found guilty in 2022 of fraud. — Mason Leib, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026