imprison

imprison is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.
2. transitive verb. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.
3. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, remand

4. verb. 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"

Synonyms

gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, remand

Common word forms

imprisons, imprisoned, imprisoner, imprisoning, imprisonable, imprisonment

Words from these letters

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