imprison

im·pris·on  (m-przn)

tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons

To put in or as if in prison; confine.

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[Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en-, in (from Latin in-; see in-²) + prison, prison; see prison.]

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im·prison·a·ble adj.

im·prison·ment n.

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imprison [ɪmˈprɪzən]

vb

(tr) to confine in or as if in prison

imprisoner  n

imprisonment  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	imprison - 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" gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, put behind bars, remand, lag, put away law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" detain, confine - deprive of freedom; take into confinement
	2.	imprison - 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" detain, confine - deprive of freedom; take into confinement

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imprison

verb jail, confine, detain, lock up, constrain, put away, intern, incarcerate, send down (informal), send to prison, impound, put under lock and key, immure He was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation.
free, release, discharge, liberate, emancipate

Translations

imprison [ɪmˈprɪzn] VT [+ criminal] (= put in jail) → encarcelar, meter en la cárcel
he was imprisoned for debt/for ten years → lo encarcelaron or lo metieron en la cárcel por deudas/durante diez años

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imprison [ɪmˈprɪz^ən] vt → emprisonner

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imprison

vt (lit) → inhaftieren, einsperren (inf); (fig) → gefangen halten; to be imprisoned (lit, fig) → gefangen sein; to keep somebody imprisoned → jdn gefangen halten

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imprison [ɪmˈprɪzn] vt → incarcerare
after being imprisoned for three weeks → dopo tre settimane di or in carcere

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imprison [ɪmˈprɪzn] vt → incarcerare
after being imprisoned for three weeks → dopo tre settimane di or in carcere

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imprison

v imprison [imˈprizn]

to put in prison; to take or keep prisoner He was imprisoned for twenty years for his crimes. opsluit يَسْجِن затварям uvěznit fængsle einsperren φυλακίζω encarcelar vangi panema زندانی کردن vangita emprisonner לִכלוֹא कैद करना utamničiti, zatvoriti bebörtönöz memenjarakan fangelsa imprigionare 刑務所に入れる 투옥하다 įkalinti ieslodzīt cietumā memenjarakan gevangen zetten fengsle uwięzić ser preso a întemniţa заключать в тюрьму uväzniť zapreti zatvoriti sätta i fängelse, hålla fängslad จำคุก hapsetmek 監禁 ув'язнювати قید خانے میں ڈالنا bỏ tù 关押

n imˈprisonment

gevangenskap سَجْن затваряне uvěznění fængsling; fangenskab die Haft φυλάκιση encarcelamiento vangistus حبس vankeus emprisonnement מַאֲסָר कैद utamničenje, zatvor bebörtönzés pengurungan fangelsun; fangelsisvist imprigionamento 投獄 투옥 įkalinimas ieslodzījums cietumā pemenjaraan gevangenneming, gevangenschap fengsling, fangenskap uwięzienie prisão întemniţare тюремное заключение uväznenie, väzenie zapor zatvor fängslande, fångenskap การจำคุก hapis, hapsetme 監禁 ув'язнення قید sự bỏ tù 关押