imprison
USim-PRIZ-uhn/ɪmˈpɹɪzən/
Formsimprisons, imprisoning, imprisoned
- 1To put someone in prison, or to confine them somewhere against their will as if in prison.
Like a wall that closes around someone, leaving no way out.
The regime continued to imprison anyone who criticized its policies.
Heavy snow imprisoned the climbers in their mountain hut for three days.
Similarjail, incarcerate, detain, confine, trap
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English imprisonen (also emprisounen, emprisonen), from Old French emprisonner. It is equivalent to im- combined with prison.