imprison

• Verbo usado para indicar a ação de prender alguém e colocá-lo na prisão, ou de restringir a liberdade de alguém contra a sua vontade.

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.

   Prender na prisão

   • 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.

   Sinônimosconfineincarceratejaillock upput behind bars

   Antônimosfreerelease

2. Restrict or trapB2formal

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

   Aprisionar

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscageconfineconstraincoop upimmureincarceratelock uppenshut intrap

   Antônimosfreeliberaterelease