Imprison
/ɪmˈpɹɪzən/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will. transitive
"One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II."
- 2 lock up or confine, in or as in a jail wordnet
- 3 confine as if in a prison wordnet
Example
More examples"Tyrannical governments frequently imprison their political opponents."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English imprisonen, emprisounen, emprisonen, from Old French emprisonner. Equivalent to im- + prison.