Imprison has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
"The suspects were imprisoned without trial"
"the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
2
confine as if in a prison
"His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"
3
To put in or as if in prison; confine.
Example Sentences
"The suspects were imprisoned without trial"
verb
"the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
verb
"His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"
verb
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)