Imprisoned - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɪmˈprɪz(ə)nd|  American pronunciation of the word imprisoned
Brit.  |ɪmˈprɪznd|  British pronunciation of the word imprisoned
- this word is a past tense form of the verbto imprison
- this word is a past participle form of the verbto imprison

adjective

- being in captivity (syn: captive, confined, jailed)

Extra examples

It will be good to get out after being imprisoned in my room with the fever.

He was imprisoned for murder.

...the soldiers were imprisoned for desertion of their posts...

The men were imprisoned for intriguing against the government.

He was imprisoned for being 'an enemy of the revolution'.

The government imprisoned all opposition leaders.

She was imprisoned within his strong arms.

Many elderly people feel imprisoned in their own homes.

He was imprisoned for six years for his part in the murder.

Public opinion is gradually shifting in favor of the imprisoned men.

An immortal soul imprisoned in a cage of cartilage and of skin. (D. Brewster, More Worlds than One, 1854)

The suspects were imprisoned without trial

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

Many persons of known bad character were preventively imprisoned.

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