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
Hoover, 74, remains imprisoned under a separate Illinois state sentence, an up-to-200-year term stemming from a 1973 murder conviction.
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Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned on Bali since 2012.
—CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
The recipient was the dissident theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who had been imprisoned several months earlier, on account of his opposition to the Nazi regime.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
In southern India, Diwali celebrates the victory of Lord Krishna’s destruction of the demon Naraka who is said to have imprisoned women and tormented his subjects.
—Deepa Bharath, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2025
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Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned on Bali since 2012.
—CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
The recipient was the dissident theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who had been imprisoned several months earlier, on account of his opposition to the Nazi regime.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
In southern India, Diwali celebrates the victory of Lord Krishna’s destruction of the demon Naraka who is said to have imprisoned women and tormented his subjects.
—Deepa Bharath, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprison
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Others wondered if he would be jailed.—
Joshua Goodman,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Beckerink is currently jailed in Michigan, where he was sentenced to three months on domestic violence charges related to incidents that occurred at Tracey’s home in 2024, the station reported.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
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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
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At the time, Locci's husband, Stefano Mele, was incarcerated for her murder.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprison. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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