Dictionary Check: imprison

"imprison" is a valid word!

Scrabble 12 points
Words with Friends 15 points

Definition

verb

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

Example: "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"
verb

confine as if in a prison

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

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