IMPRISON


Meaning of IMPRISON in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

If someone is ~ed, they are locked up or kept somewhere, usually in prison as a punishment for a crime or for political opposition.

The local priest was ~ed for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation...

Dutch colonial authorities ~ed him for his part in the independence movement.

VERB: be V-ed, V n

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