imprisoned Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
   incarcerate; jug; remand; lag; immure; gaol; jail; put away; imprison; put behind bars.
   
   • The suspects were imprisoned without trial
   • the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
2. verb confine as if in a prison; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"
   imprison.
   
   • His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house
3. adjective satellite being in captivity
   confined; captive; jailed.
   

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