imprison

• Verbo que designa la acción de encerrar a alguien en prisión, o de restringir su libertad contra su voluntad.

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.

   encarcelar

   • 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.

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   Antónimosfreerelease

2. Restrict or trapB2formal

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

   aprisionar, encerrar

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscageconfineconstraincoop upimmureincarceratelock uppenshut intrap

   Antónimosfreeliberaterelease