Synonyms of imprisoning

imprisoning

verb

present participle of imprison

as in jailing

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

• jailing
• incarcerating
• interning
• confining
• detaining
• arresting
• restraining
• committing
• locking (up)
• restricting
• limiting
• capturing
• catching
• shutting
• constraining
• apprehending
• jugging
• immuring
• seizing
• barring
• gating
• impressing
• pinching
• keeping
• holding
• impounding
• binding
• handcuffing
• nabbing
• shackling
• busting
• fettering
• shanghaiing
• enchaining
• picking up
• trammeling
• manacling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeing
• liberating
• releasing
• discharging
• emancipating
• enfranchising
• unchaining
• unbinding
• manumitting
• unfettering
• uncaging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imprisoning

The country’s remaining detention facilities are severely overcrowded while concerns have been raised about imprisoning gang members in parts of the country not currently under gang control. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026

Ilham Aliyev continued his father’s dictatorial legacy, imprisoning his critics and enriching his family and cronies, while polishing his country’s image by hosting Formula One events and the Eurovision Song Contest. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

The turn of events prompt the narrator to re-examine his life as a gay Latine son of immigrants whose hometown is now imprisoning people like him. — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

Trump, in one of his Truth Social posts, cited laws against defacing monuments as grounds for imprisoning anyone harming the pool. — Nathan Ellgren, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026

Happily, there’s more to it than a simplistic feminist parable of a powerful man imprisoning his helpless wife in a monument to his genius and her domesticity. — Judy Berman, Time, 10 Apr. 2026

Noem seemed to relish cruelty, and treated her job like a costume party, constantly mugging for cameras with guns and faux toughness as if the dismantling of lives and imprisoning even children was a game. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026

Based on the way the regime is treating you and all these other political activists—imprisoning you all—what does that indicate about the regime? — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026

For decades, the Islamic Republic has neutered its domestic opposition, imprisoning its critics including former presidents. — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026