imprison

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To put someone in prison or keep them locked up.

   He was imprisoned for ten years for the robbery.

2. 2
   verb

   To trap or confine someone as if in a prison.

   After the accident, she felt imprisoned in her own home.

Inherited from Middle English imprisonen, emprisounen, emprisonen, from Old French emprisonner. Equivalent to im- + prison.

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