imprison meaning and definition

IMPRISON verb

Definition of imprison (verb)

1. 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: gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand
2. 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"