as in to jail
to put in or as if in prison
in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they can't do any more harm
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Recent Examples of imprison
People were essentially imprisoned in their homes, yet Newsom had the gall to dine mask-free at French Laundry with lobbyists.
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Houman Hemmati, Oc Register, 20 July 2025
Americans living in Britain, including artist and former Continental army officer John Trumbull, were also arrested and imprisoned.
—Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
Blagojevich, impeached and imprisoned on federal corruption charges, was pardoned in February by President Donald Trump.
—Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
On Thursday Khalil’s lawyers filed a claim against the Trump administration for $20 million in damages, alleging he was falsely imprisoned, prosecuted and portrayed as antisemitic as the government sought to deport him over his role in campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.
—Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
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Houman Hemmati, Oc Register, 20 July 2025
Americans living in Britain, including artist and former Continental army officer John Trumbull, were also arrested and imprisoned.
—Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
Blagojevich, impeached and imprisoned on federal corruption charges, was pardoned in February by President Donald Trump.
—Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
On Thursday Khalil’s lawyers filed a claim against the Trump administration for $20 million in damages, alleging he was falsely imprisoned, prosecuted and portrayed as antisemitic as the government sought to deport him over his role in campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.
—Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
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Uribe joins a list of Latin American leaders who have been convicted and sometimes jailed, including Peru’s Alberto Fujimori, Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez and Panama’s Ricardo Martinelli.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
28 July 2025
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Chavez said his first two days of unrestricted freedom have been a whirlwind, reuniting with friends and family, and finally getting to meaningfully connect with his daughter, who was born right around the time he was first jailed.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
28 July 2025
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Friday’s protest marks the second time men incarcerated at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution organized a mass hunger strike to demand better treatment and services within the last year and a half, though IDOC leadership in the past has taken issue with use of the term.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
19 July 2025
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Today, it's based in Milwaukee and airs across the country to people who are home-bound or incarcerated.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
18 July 2025
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprison. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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