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Synonyms
commit, confine, immure, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, lock (up)
Antonyms
discharge, free, liberate, release
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Askarov has been imprisoned for nine years on charges for reporting on human rights violations. — Time Staff, Time, "These Are the 10 'Most Urgent' Cases of Threats to Press Freedom Around the World," 3 Sep. 2019 Multiple Umbrella leaders, including Joshua Wong and Benny Tai, were imprisoned under Lam's administration, and some more radical pro-democracy activists were barred from standing for election. — James Griffiths, CNN, "Hong Kong's summer of discontent is now longer than 2014's Umbrella Movement ... and isn't over yet," 26 Aug. 2019 In 1968, he was imprisoned, again without a hearing, this time for a decade in solitary confinement in a dark cell 7 paces long and 3½ paces wide. — Robert D. Mcfadden, New York Times, "Sidney Rittenberg, Idealistic American Aide to Mao Who Evolved to Counsel Capitalists, Dies at 98," 24 Aug. 2019 Stephen VI was imprisoned and strangled to death in jail a few months after the Cadaver Synod. — National Geographic, "In 897, the corpse of a pope was exhumed—to be put on trial.," 20 Aug. 2019 Davis was imprisoned at the fort after the Civil War. — USA TODAY, "Emoji house, Saharan dust, turtle crossing: News from around our 50 states," 8 Aug. 2019 Watson was imprisoned at the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Henning, a tiny Lauderdale County town about 60 miles northeast of Memphis. — Ashley Remkus | [email protected], al, "Tennessee escapee Curtis Watson sought as person of interest in prison official’s killing," 8 Aug. 2019 In the 1960s, el Saieh was imprisoned by Haitian president Papa Doc’s regime; according to his son—who runs the gallery now—el Saieh was held in a cell for 22 days without the ability to stand up straight or sit down fully. — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, "Explore Port-au-Prince’s Triumphant Art Scene," 25 July 2019 Her mother and brothers had been imprisoned in Congo during that country’s wars of the late 1990s because of their Rwandan heritage. — David Gutman, The Seattle Times, "After fleeing war and genocide, Rwandan women find each other in South King County," 7 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'imprison.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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