Synonyms for imprison
ɪmˈprɪz ənim·prison

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1. imprisonverb

   Synonyms:
   gaol, lock up, jail, bang up, put away, sent to the Tower

2. imprisonverb

   To put in or as if in prison; confine.

   Synonyms:
   jail, sent to the Tower, gaol, put away, lock up, bang up

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1. imprison

   Synonyms:
   immure, incarcerate, shut up, confine

   Antonyms:
   free, liberate, open, set free

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1. imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remandverb

   lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

   "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, toss out, discard, put to sleep, immure, jug, tuck away, jail, toss away, lock, cast away, remand, lock up, remit, shut up, send back, cast aside, put behind bars, fall back, dawdle, dispose, fall behind, put aside, shut away, cast out, chuck out, toss, throw away, gaol, fling, lock in, lock away, tuck in, lag, put away, incarcerate

2. imprisonverb

   confine as if in a prison

   "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"

   Synonyms:
   jug, incarcerate, put behind bars, jail, immure, put away, lag, remand, gaol

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1. • Confine

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1. bang-up

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

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1. imprisonverb

   Synonyms:
   incarcerate, immure, impound, confine, commit, shut up

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1. imprisonverb

   Synonyms:
   incarcerate, immure

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1. List of paraphrases for "imprison":

   incarcerate, detain

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1. Katie Hobbs:

   I will never stop fighting for our reproductive rights, while Kari Lake will uphold Arizona’s draconian abortion ban that will endanger women and imprison their doctors.

2. Edward B. Wagner:

   Stop wasting jail space on prostitutes, drug users and other victimless criminals. Even if we find it morally acceptable to imprison these people for choices they make regarding their bodies, we must realize that we simply cannot afford to continue clogging the court system and the prison system with these harmless criminals.

3. Anthon St Maarten:

   Nobody has the power to imprison your mind, dictate your emotions, or enslave your soul - unless you let them.

4. Greg Hampikian:

   Fifteen minutes of flawed DNA forensic testimony took almost 18 years to correct in this case, my hope is that labs and lawyers will take notice, and re-examine these complex DNA mixture cases that can mistakenly imprison the innocent.

5. Osiris Luna:

   We have taken the decision to mix and imprison in each of the cells the different groups of the criminal gangs that are causing so much damage to the country, the government will not bow down to any terrorist structure. This state is going to enforce the law and make it respected.