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Synonyms for imprison
ɪmˈprɪz ənim·prison

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  1. imprisonverb

    Synonyms:
    gaol, lock up, jail, bang up, put away, sent to the Tower

  2. imprisonverb

    To put in or as if in prison; confine.

    Synonyms:
    jail, sent to the Tower, gaol, put away, lock up, bang up

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  1. imprison

    Synonyms:
    immure, incarcerate, shut up, confine

    Antonyms:
    free, liberate, open, set free

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  1. imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remandverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    throw out, toss out, discard, put to sleep, immure, jug, tuck away, jail, toss away, lock, cast away, remand, lock up, remit, shut up, send back, cast aside, put behind bars, fall back, dawdle, dispose, fall behind, put aside, shut away, cast out, chuck out, toss, throw away, gaol, fling, lock in, lock away, tuck in, lag, put away, incarcerate

  2. imprisonverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    jug, incarcerate, put behind bars, jail, immure, put away, lag, remand, gaol

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  1. bang-up

    Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

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  1. imprisonverb

    Synonyms:
    incarcerate, immure, impound, confine, commit, shut up

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  1. imprisonverb

    Synonyms:
    incarcerate, immure

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  1. List of paraphrases for "imprison":

    incarcerate, detain

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How to use imprison in a sentence?

  1. Anthon St Maarten:

    Nobody has the power to imprison your mind, dictate your emotions, or enslave your soul - unless you let them.

  2. President Nicolas Maduro:

    If the managers are committing sabotage, here's the head of Sebin (Venezuela's intelligence service) and he'll put them in prison right away, enough of the bourgeoisie. Imprison them.

  3. Josep Borrell:

    We are not going to send any electoral observation mission there because Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has taken care to imprison all the political contenders who have stood in these elections.

  4. The Human Rights Foundation:

    Dos Santos has made it his policy to harass, imprison, or kill politicians, journalists, and activists who protest his rule.

  5. Katie Hobbs:

    I will never stop fighting for our reproductive rights, while Kari Lake will uphold Arizona’s draconian abortion ban that will endanger women and imprison their doctors.


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