imprison

English

Alternative forms

emprison

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɹɪzən/
Rhymes: -ɪzən

Verb

imprison (third-person singular simple present imprisons, present participle imprisoning, simple past and past participle imprisoned)

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

Synonyms

bang up
gaol, jail
lock up
put away
(Britain, colloquial) sent to the Tower “imprisoned”
See also Thesaurus:imprison

Derived terms

Translations

put in prison

Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: حبس‎ (ḥabas)

Moroccan Arabic: شدّ‎ (šədd)
Armenian: բանտարկել (hy) (bantarkel)
Bulgarian: опандизвам (opandizvam)
Catalan: empresonar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 關押 (zh), 关押 (zh) (guānyā), 監禁 (zh), 监禁 (zh) (jiānjìn), 下獄 (zh), 下狱 (zh) (xiàyù), 囚禁 (zh), 囚禁 (zh) (qiújìn)
Chukchi: ёк (jok)
Czech: uvěznit (cs)
Danish: fængsle
Esperanto: enprizonigi, malliberigi
Finnish: vangita (fi)
French: emprisonner (fr), mettre en prison
Old French: anprisoner
German: einsperren (de), einkerkern (de)
Greek: φυλακίζω (el) (fylakízo)
Ancient: φυλακίζω (phulakízō)
Hungarian: bebörtönöz (hu)
Icelandic: fangelsa (is)

Irish: cuir i bpríosún
Italian: imprigionare (it), incarcerare (it)
Japanese: 刑務所に入れる (ja) (けいむしょに入れる, keimusho ni ireru), 投獄する (ja) (とうごくする, tōgoku suru), (figurative) 閉じ込める (とじこめる, tojikomeru)
Korean: 투옥하다 (tuok-hada)
Manx: cur ayns pryssoon, pryssoonee
Maori: mauhere
Norman: mettre en prison
Norwegian: fengsle (no)
Old English: hæftan, ġefæstnian
Polish: uwięzić (pl)
Portuguese: aprisionar (pt), prender (pt), encarcerar
Romanian: întemnița (ro), încarcera (ro)
Russian: лиша́ть свобо́ды impf (lišátʹ svobódy), заключа́ть в тюрьму́ impf (zaključátʹ v tjurʹmú), сажа́ть в тюрьму́ impf (sažátʹ v tjurʹmú)
Spanish: encarcelar (es), aprisionar (es)
Swahili: -funga (sw)
Swedish: fängsla (sv)
Vietnamese: bỏ tù (vi)
Volapük: fanäböpön (vo), fanäbükön (vo)
Walloon: eprijhner (wa), resserer (wa), reclôre (wa), egayoler (wa)

Anagrams

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