Verb: imprison im'pri-zun
- (law) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
"The suspects were imprisoned without trial";
- incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug [N. Amer, informal], gaol [Brit], put away, remand, prison [archaic]
- 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";
- prison [archaic]
Derived forms: imprisoned, imprisoning, imprisons
Encyclopedia: Imprison