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
Attorneys for a Venezuelan detainee who is currently imprisoned in a notorious Salvadoran prison filed a habeas petition on Wednesday, asking a federal judge to order the immediate release of their client.
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Laura Romero, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2025
Union leaders and journalists who criticized Bukele have also been imprisoned.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
He is imprisoned in El Salvador, where he was sent with other migrants accused of being gang members.
—Albert Sun, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Rodríguez, a member of the San Isidro Movement —whose leader, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, remains imprisoned in Cuba— arrived in the United States in 2022 after being forced into exile.
—Maykel Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
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Laura Romero, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2025
Union leaders and journalists who criticized Bukele have also been imprisoned.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
He is imprisoned in El Salvador, where he was sent with other migrants accused of being gang members.
—Albert Sun, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Rodríguez, a member of the San Isidro Movement —whose leader, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, remains imprisoned in Cuba— arrived in the United States in 2022 after being forced into exile.
—Maykel Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
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From elsewhere The immigrant families jailed in Texas [New Yorker] My former colleague Jack Herrera reports that under the Trump administration, ICE is jailing families who have lived in the U.S. for years and is sending them to Texas.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Jelly, who was first arrested at 14 years old, has been jailed more than 40 times throughout his life on multiple drug offenses.—
Emlyn Travis,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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At Puppy Fades dog salon, the formerly incarcerated get a second chance The Pasadena pet grooming salon is the latest social enterprise of East L.A. organization Homeboy Industries.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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After her first business venture, Nowlan got involved with Defy Ventures, a program for formerly incarcerated people.—
Esha Chhabra,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprison. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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