Associations to the word «Imprisoned»

Wiktionary

IMPRISON, verb. (transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine.

Dictionary definition

IMPRISON, verb. 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".
IMPRISON, verb. 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".

Wise words

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