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Meanings of imprison in English

Portuguese
prender
Catalan
engarjolar

Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.

prender
Usage of imprison in English
1
State prosecutors routinely use the subversion charge to imprison dissidents for years.
The Guardian
2
Whose cleverness had been enough to imprison him in the long ago.
Surrender to the will of the night
3
Then she looked at me and said, But he'll never imprison me.
The Oracle Glass
4
It can also imprison that person's relatives, who are guilty by association.
Reuters
5
She was not a Tezerenee; she would imprison Lochivan if she could.
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
6
Can you imagine a more reckless place to imprison such a man?
Sword of Honour
7
Anacrites had planned to imprison me until I was incontinent and toothless.
Venus In Copper
8
It will be much to your disadvantage to imprison me, Signor Englishman.
Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece
9
Indeed they would imprison us if we were to have two wives.
Court Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and People
10
They could not really have done anything to you, except imprison you.
The Child of the Dawn
11
These could sequester, fine, imprison, and corporally punish, without law or remedy.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part E. / From...
12
Why is it necessary to imprison me, to convince me of it?
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
13
I didn't imprison your brother's spirit, but... She shut her eyes briefly.
Celtic fire
14
There was no need to imprison them: the Arabs simply confiscated their horses.
The Alchemist
15
And he bade imprison him in one place and the woman in another.
Tales from the Arabic — Volume 01
16
Police are using technology and ancient laws to imprison gay people.
The Guardian
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