imprison
verb
im·pris·on
im-ˈpri-zᵊn 
imprisoned; imprisoning; imprisons
: to put in or as if in prison : confine
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He was imprisoned for murder.
He has threatened to imprison his political opponents.
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They were imprisoned and force-fed in British prisons after going on hunger strike and, later in life, became disillusioned with the peace process.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Plus, watch two inmates at the R.J. Donovan Correction Facility, where Lyle and Erik are imprisoned, talk about the Rehabilitation Through Beautification project the brothers are also involved in.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
To Shibutani, who had spent the war imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp in California, rumor was more of a verb than a noun, a collective process of making sense of the world.
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Violators can be fined, imprisoned for a year and deported.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Plus, watch two inmates at the R.J. Donovan Correction Facility, where Lyle and Erik are imprisoned, talk about the Rehabilitation Through Beautification project the brothers are also involved in.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
To Shibutani, who had spent the war imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp in California, rumor was more of a verb than a noun, a collective process of making sense of the world.
—science.org, 30 Oct. 2024
Violators can be fined, imprisoned for a year and deported.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imprison. Accessed 28 Nov. 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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