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1. imprison - verb

· lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

Synonym(s): incarcerate, lag, immure, put_behind_bars, jail, jug, gaol, put_away, remand

Hypernym(s): confine, detain




2. imprison - 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"

Hypernym(s): confine, detain





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