Tyrannical governments frequently imprison their political opponents.
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Imprison
//ɪmˈpɹɪzən//
Synonyms for "imprison" (109 found)
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81 translations across 48 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- burgos verb (put in prison)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φυλακίζω verb (put in prison)
Arabic
4 entries- تحبس verb (put in prison)
- حبس verb (put in prison)
- حَبَسَ verb (put in prison)
- سَجَنَ verb (put in prison)
Armenian
2 entries- բանտարկել verb (put in prison)
- կալանավորել verb (put in prison)
Asturian
1 entries- encarcelar verb (put in prison)
Bulgarian
1 entries- опандизвам verb (put in prison)
Catalan
1 entries- empresonar verb (put in prison)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏍᏚᎲᏍᎦ verb (put in prison)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 下獄 /下狱 verb (put in prison)
- 囚禁 verb (put in prison)
- 監禁 /监禁 verb (put in prison)
- 關押 /关押 verb (put in prison)
Chukchi
1 entries- ёк verb (put in prison)
Czech
2 entries- uvěznit verb (put in prison)
- věznit verb (put in prison)
Danish
1 entries- fængsle verb (put in prison)
Dongxiang
1 entries- kha verb (put in prison)
Esperanto
2 entries- enprizonigi verb (put in prison)
- malliberigi verb (put in prison)
Finnish
1 entries- vangita verb (put in prison)
French
2 entries- emprisonner verb (put in prison)
- mettre en prison verb (put in prison)
German
2 entries- einkerkern verb (put in prison)
- einsperren verb (put in prison)
Greek
1 entries- φυλακίζω verb (put in prison)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hoʻopaʻahao verb (put in prison)
Hungarian
1 entries- bebörtönöz verb (put in prison)
Icelandic
1 entries- fangelsa verb (put in prison)
Indonesian
1 entries- memenjarakan verb (put in prison)
Irish
2 entries- cuir i bpríosún verb (put in prison)
- cuir i ngéibheann verb (put in prison)
Italian
2 entries- imprigionare verb (put in prison)
- incarcerare verb (put in prison)
Japanese
3 entries- 刑務所に入れる verb (put in prison)
- 投獄する verb (put in prison)
- 閉じ込める verb (put in prison)
Korean
1 entries- 투옥(投獄)하다 verb (put in prison)
Macedonian
1 entries- за́твора verb (put in prison)
Manx
2 entries- cur ayns pryssoon verb (put in prison)
- pryssoonee verb (put in prison)
Mongolian
1 entries- хорих verb (put in prison)
Māori
2 entries- mauhere verb (put in prison)
- whakaherehere verb (put in prison)
Norman
1 entries- mettre en prison verb (put in prison)
Norwegian
1 entries- fengsle verb (put in prison)
Old English
2 entries- hæftan verb (put in prison)
- ġefæstnian verb (put in prison)
Old French
1 entries- anprisoner verb (put in prison)
Polish
2 entries- uwięzić verb (put in prison)
- więzić verb (put in prison)
Portuguese
3 entries- aprisionar verb (put in prison)
- encarcerar verb (put in prison)
- prender verb (put in prison)
Romanian
3 entries- încarcera verb (put in prison)
- închide verb (put in prison)
- întemnița verb (put in prison)
Russian
3 entries- заключа́ть в тюрьму́ verb (put in prison)
- лиша́ть свобо́ды verb (put in prison)
- сажа́ть в тюрьму́ verb (put in prison)
Slovak
2 entries- uväzniť verb (put in prison)
- väzniť verb (put in prison)
Spanish
2 entries- aprisionar verb (put in prison)
- encarcelar verb (put in prison)
Swahili
1 entries- funga verb (put in prison)
Swedish
1 entries- fängsla verb (put in prison)
Thai
2 entries- ขัง verb (put in prison)
- จำคุก verb (put in prison)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ув'я́знювати verb (put in prison)
- ув'язни́ти verb (put in prison)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bỏ tù verb (put in prison)
Volapük
2 entries- fanäböpön verb (put in prison)
- fanäbükön verb (put in prison)
Walloon
4 entries- egayoler verb (put in prison)
- eprijhner verb (put in prison)
- reclôre verb (put in prison)
- resserer verb (put in prison)
Welsh
1 entries- carcharu verb (put in prison)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
"Your Majesty, Ganon and his minions have seized your prison!" "Hmm... Fari!" "Yes!" "Imprison Duke Onkled in your house!"
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You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
Source: tatoeba (4121360)
Today, a nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself.
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