imprison
Meanings
Verb
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"
- 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"
- To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English imprisonen, emprisounen, emprisonen, from Old French emprisonner. Equivalent to im- + prison.
Synonyms
bang up, bastille, clap up, confine, gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, lock up, mew up, put away, put behind bars, remand, roof, send down, send to the Tower
Scrabble Score: 12
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