āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
imprison
/ÉĒmËprÉĒzÉn/
to imprison
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āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύā§
to put someone in prison or keep them somewhere and not let them go
Transitive: to imprison a convict
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Law enforcement authorities may imprison individuals found guilty of serious crimes.
āĻāĻāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āϤā§āĻĒāĻā§āώ āĻā§āϰā§āϤāϰ āĻ
āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧā§āϰ āĻĻā§āώ⧠āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻāĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to restrict, limit, or confine someone or something
Transitive: to imprison sb somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The storm imprisoned the hikers in the remote cabin for several days.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻāĻŋ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧠āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻāϰ⧠āϰā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
imprisoned
imprisonment
imprison
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