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imprison
verb
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
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ɪmˈpɹɪzən
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verb
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
“The suspects were imprisoned without trial”
verb
confine as if in a prison
“His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house: he does not let them go out without a chaperone”
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The suspects were imprisoned without trial
the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house: he does not let them go out without a chaperone
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