verb
imprison
ihm-PRIH-zuhn
verb
1
To put someone in prison, or to confine them against their will.
"He was imprisoned for fraud after a lengthy trial."
"The activists were imprisoned for protesting peacefully."
How to Use Imprison
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo lock someone up or otherwise trap them against their will.
Common pairings
imprisoned for
wrongfully imprisoned
Word Forms
imprisoned past tense, imprisons singular
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Etymology
From Old French emprisonner, from em- + prison.