to imprison

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• imprison — im·pris·on vt: to confine in prison esp. as punishment for a crime compare false imprisonment im·pris·on·ment n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• imprison — imprison, incarcerate, jail, immure, intern mean to confine closely so that escape is impossible or unlikely. The first three words imprison, incarcerate, jail imply a shutting up in or as if in a prison, imprison being the general term,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Imprison — Im*pris on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imprisoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imprisoning}.] [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F. emprisonner; pref. en (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See {Prison}.] 1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Imprison ment — Im*pris on ment, n. [OE. enprisonment; F. emprisonnement.] The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint. [1913 Webster] His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• imprison again — index remand Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• imprison — (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. emprisoner (12c.), from em in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + prison (see PRISON (Cf. prison)). Related: Imprisoned; imprisoning …   Etymology dictionary

• imprison — [v] confine; put in jail apprehend, bastille, bottle up*, cage, check, circumscribe, closet, commit, constrain, curb, detain, fence in, hold, hold captive, hold hostage, hold in custody, ice*, immure, impound, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep,… …   New thesaurus

• imprison — ► VERB ▪ put or keep in prison. DERIVATIVES imprisonment noun …   English terms dictionary

• imprison — [im priz′ən] vt. 1. to put or keep in prison; jail 2. to restrict, limit, or confine in any way imprisonment n …   English World dictionary

• imprison — UK [ɪmˈprɪz(ə)n] / US verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms imprison : present tense I/you/we/they imprison he/she/it imprisons present participle imprisoning past tense imprisoned past participle imprisoned 1) a) to put someone in a… …   English dictionary

• imprison — verb ADVERB ▪ falsely, unjustly, wrongfully, wrongly ▪ We work on behalf of people who have been wrongly imprisoned. ▪ briefly ▪ indefinitely …   Collocations dictionary