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
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Recent Examples of imprisoning
What of Daedalus, the architect who created the awful labyrinth imprisoning both the Minotaur and his victims?
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Natalie Zutter
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The possibility of becoming more beautiful can be both empowering and imprisoning.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
Chief engineer Pelia ultimately has little option but to blast Gamble with a phaser, knowing that Scotty is poised to recapture the escaping entity in the aforementioned Poké Ball, before imprisoning it in the transporter pattern buffer.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Natalie Zutter
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The possibility of becoming more beautiful can be both empowering and imprisoning.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
Chief engineer Pelia ultimately has little option but to blast Gamble with a phaser, knowing that Scotty is poised to recapture the escaping entity in the aforementioned Poké Ball, before imprisoning it in the transporter pattern buffer.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprisoning
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Democratic former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden also opposed the Maduro government, which has suggested jailing its opposition and has deported American journalists.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
20 Aug. 2025
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Between March 9 and June 23, reporting shows that the county has spent about $9,200 jailing people whose booking charges were only related to camping, storing personal property outdoors and, in some cases, also trespassing.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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This summer, Varon put her social media and communications savvy to use interning at a PR agency.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Chen was studying finance and mining Ethereum in his dorm room, all while interning at Innovating Capital on a hedge fund desk.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Imprisoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprisoning. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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