Overview of verb imprison

The verb imprison has 2 senses

• imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand -- (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 -- (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")

Overview of adj imprisoned

The adj imprisoned has 1 sense

• captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed -- (being in captivity)