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Meaning of 'imprison'
Meaning of 'imprison' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Imprison 
[ v. t.]
- To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in
custody; to confine. [ v. t.]- To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.
Meaning of 'imprison' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. imprison [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- confine as if in a prison
- confine as if in a prison
Example in sentence:
- His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone
Meaning (2):
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Example in sentence:
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life;
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
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