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im·pris·on
(ĭm-prĭz′ən)tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons
To put in or as if in prison; confine.
[Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en-, in (from Latin in-; see in-2) + prison, prison; see prison.]
im·pris′on·a·ble adj.
im·pris′on·ment n.
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imprison
(ɪmˈprɪzən)vb
(tr) to confine in or as if in prison
imˈprisoner n
imˈprisonment n
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im•pris•on
(ɪmˈprɪz ən)v.t.
to confine in or as if in a prison.
[1250–1300; Middle English enprisonen < Old French enprisoner=en- en-1 + -prisoner, v. derivative of prison prison]
im•pris′on•ment, n.
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imprison
Past participle: imprisoned
Gerund: imprisoning
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Verb | 1. | imprison - 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" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
2. | imprison - 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" |
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imprison
verb jail, confine, detain, lock up, constrain, put away, intern, incarcerate, send down (informal), send to prison, impound, put under lock and key, immure He was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation.
free, release, discharge, liberate, emancipate
free, release, discharge, liberate, emancipate
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imprison
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Translations
يَسْجِن
uvěznit
fængsle
fangelsa
ieslodzīt cietumā
zapreti
hapsetmek
imprison
[ɪmˈprɪzn] VT [+ criminal] (= put in jail) → encarcelar, meter en la cárcelhe was imprisoned for debt/for ten years → lo encarcelaron or lo metieron en la cárcel por deudas/durante diez años
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
imprison
vt (lit) → inhaftieren, einsperren (inf); (fig) → gefangen halten; to be imprisoned (lit, fig) → gefangen sein; to keep somebody imprisoned → jdn gefangen halten
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
imprison
[ɪmˈprɪzn] vt → incarcerareafter being imprisoned for three weeks → dopo tre settimane di or in carcere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
imprison
(imˈprizn) verb to put in prison; to take or keep prisoner. He was imprisoned for twenty years for his crimes.
imˈprisonment nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.