imprison
verb
im·pris·on
im-ˈpri-zᵊn 
imprisoned; imprisoning; imprisons
: to put in or as if in prison : confine
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Examples of imprison in a Sentence
He was imprisoned for murder.
He has threatened to imprison his political opponents.
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Ringgold was an impassioned defender of Black activist, scholar, and author Angela Davis, who was arrested by the FBI in 1970 on charges of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder; imprisoned for nine weeks in New York City; and eventually acquitted on all charges.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2024
McGee had been imprisoned in Virginia on an unrelated crime, NBC New York reported.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 14 Apr. 2024
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2024
McGee had been imprisoned in Virginia on an unrelated crime, NBC New York reported.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 14 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for imprison
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imprison. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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imprison
verb
im·pris·on
im-ˈpriz-ᵊn
imprisoned; imprisoning
-ˈpriz-(ə-)niŋ
: to put in or as if in prison
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