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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 somebody against their will. quotations examples
[...] demand for the boots fell sharply after the Battle of Waterloo, and Brunel was imprisoned for debt in 1821.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, page 87