imprisoned

• يصف شخصًا أو حيوانًا محتجزًا في السجن أو في مكان يشبهه، فاقدًا حريته. ويُستعمل أيضًا مجازًا لمن هو مقيّد أو محصور لا يستطيع الخروج.

Describes a person or animal that is confined or held in a prison or similar place, deprived of freedom.

1. Confined in prisonB1formal

   Being kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime.

   مسجون

   • The imprisoned man was visited by his lawyer.
   • Many innocent people were imprisoned during the war.
   • He spent ten years imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.

   المرادفاتcaptiveconfinedjailedpent

   الأضدادfree

2. Trapped or confinedB2formal

   Being trapped or restricted in a place or situation, not necessarily a prison.

   محصور أو مقيّد

   • She felt imprisoned in her own home by the heavy snow.
   • The animal was imprisoned in a cage at the zoo.
   • He was imprisoned by his own fears and anxieties.

   المرادفاتcaptiveconfinedrestrainedshut intrapped

   الأضدادfreeliberated

• فعل يُستعمل للدلالة على حبس شخص في السجن أو تقييد حريته رغمًا عنه.

A verb used to indicate the act of putting someone in prison or confining them against their will.

1. Confine in prisonB2formal

   To put someone in prison or keep them locked up as a punishment.

   سجن

   • The judge sentenced him to be imprisoned for five years.
   • They were imprisoned for their political beliefs.
   • The criminal was imprisoned in a maximum-security facility.

   المرادفاتconfineincarceratejaillock upput behind bars

   الأضدادfreerelease

2. Restrict or trapB2formal

   To confine or restrict someone or something as if in a prison.

   الحبس والاحتجاز

   • She felt imprisoned by her own fears and anxieties.
   • The heavy snowstorm imprisoned them in their house for days.
   • He was imprisoned in a loveless marriage for years.

   المرادفاتcageconfineconstraincoop upimmureincarceratelock uppenshut intrap

   الأضدادfreeliberaterelease