as in to jail
to put in or as if in prison
in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they can't do any more harm
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Bolsonaro’s biggest advantage in the 2018 election, other than his gift for trolling, was that Lula was unable to run: he had been imprisoned on corruption charges, which were later reversed.
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The night’s big winner, Bad Boy, tells the story of Dean, who is imprisoned in a cruel juvenile detention facility.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025
He has been imprisoned for much of the past decade, and in 2019 was sentenced to a further five years in prison for allegedly spreading false news after sharing a Facebook post highlighting human rights abuses in Egyptian jails.
—Mounira Elsamra, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
The gang started as an organizing structure for men imprisoned during a period of mass incarceration that began under former President Hugo Chavez, Hanson told USA TODAY.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The night’s big winner, Bad Boy, tells the story of Dean, who is imprisoned in a cruel juvenile detention facility.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025
He has been imprisoned for much of the past decade, and in 2019 was sentenced to a further five years in prison for allegedly spreading false news after sharing a Facebook post highlighting human rights abuses in Egyptian jails.
—Mounira Elsamra, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
The gang started as an organizing structure for men imprisoned during a period of mass incarceration that began under former President Hugo Chavez, Hanson told USA TODAY.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprison. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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