1. Being in captivity
   "The imprisoned father was worried about being separated from his children for so long";
   - captive, confined, jailed

1. (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]
    
2. 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]

See also: unfree

Type of: confine, detain

Encyclopedia: Imprisoned