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1. (v.t.) imprison
to confine in or as if in a prison.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME enprisonen < OF enprisoner=en-en -1+-prisoner, v. der. of prisonprison)
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1. (verb) imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
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. (verb) 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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1. (verb) imprison
to put in jail or prevent from leaving a place
the release of 12 imprisoned aid workers; He was imprisoned for life.
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1. (verb) imprison
to put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine
2. (verb) imprison
to limit, restrain, or confine in any way
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Sense: to put in prison; to take or keep prisoner
He was imprisoned for twenty years for his crimes.
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 Afrikaans: opsluit |
 Arabic: يَسْجِن |
 Bulgarian: затварям |
 Brazilian: prender |
 Czech: uvěznit |
 German: einsperren |
 Danish: fængsle |
 Greek: φυλακίζω |
 Spanish: encarcelar |
 Estonian: vangi panema |
 Farsi: زندانی کردن |
 Finnish: vangita |
 French: emprisonner |
 Hebrew: לִכלוֹא |
 Hindi: कैद करना |
 Croatian: utamničiti, zatvoriti |
 Hungarian: bebörtönöz |
 Indonesian: memenjarakan |
 Icelandic: fangelsa |
 Italian: imprigionare |
 Japanese: 刑務所に入れる |
 Korean: 투옥하다 |
 Lithuanian: įkalinti |
 Latvian: ieslodzīt cietumā |
 Malay: memenjarakan |
 Dutch: gevangen zetten |
 Norwegian: fengsle |
 Polish: uwięzić |
 Persian: زندانی کردن |
 Pashto: بندى كول |
 Portuguese: ser preso |
 Romanian: aîntemniţa |
 Russian: заключать в тюрьму |
 Slovak: uväzniť |
 Slovenian: zapreti |
 Serbian: zatvoriti |
 Swedish: sätta i fängelse, hålla f |
 Thai: จำคุก |
 Turkish: hapsetmek |
 Taiwanese: 監禁 |
 Ukrainian: ув'язнювати |
 Urdu: قید خانے میں ڈالنا |
 Vietnamese: bỏ tù |
 Chinese: 关押 |
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