English > imprison: 2 senses > verb 1, social| Meaning | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Model | They want to imprison the prisoners |
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| Example | "The suspects were imprisoned without trial" |
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| Synonyms | incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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| Broader | confine, detain | deprive of freedom |
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| Spanish | apresar, aprisionar, encarcelar |
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| Catalan | empresonar, encarcerar, engarjolar |
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| Nouns | imprisonment | the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) |
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| imprisonment | putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful / lawful / lawful punishment |
