Associations to the word «Imprison»

Wiktionary

IMPRISON, verb. (transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine.

Dictionary definition

IMPRISON, verb. 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".
IMPRISON, verb. 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".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.