imprison
verb
im·pris·on
im-ˈpri-zᵊn 
imprisoned; imprisoning; imprisons
: to put in or as if in prison : confine
Examples of imprison in a Sentence
He was imprisoned for murder.
He has threatened to imprison his political opponents.
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Jackson said that made his relationship to his country more complicated, especially after he was convicted on drug and weapons charges as a 21-year-old and imprisoned for over a year.
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4 July 2026
She was imprisoned multiple times between 2018 and 2020 during the investigation, spending nearly a year and a half in jail.
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Susan Bence,
NPR,
4 July 2026
She was imprisoned multiple times between 2018 and 2020 during the investigation, spending nearly a year and a half in jail.
—
Reuters,
NBC news,
4 July 2026
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s main political rival, has been imprisoned since March last year and is on trial on corruption charges.
—
ABC News,
3 July 2026
The turn of events prompt the narrator to re-examine his life as a gay Latine son of immigrants whose hometown is now imprisoning people like him.
—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
2 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for imprison
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imprison. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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imprison
verb
im·pris·on
im-ˈpriz-ᵊn
imprisoned; imprisoning
-ˈpriz-(ə-)niŋ
: to put in or as if in prison
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