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Synonyms for imprisoning


Grammar : Verb
Spell : im-priz-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈprɪz ən

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Définition of imprisoning

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French emprisoner (12c.), from em- "in" (see in- (2)) + prison (see prison). Related: Imprisoned; imprisoning.
  • verb confine; put in jail
Example sentences :
  • What rights does the State take from the criminal in imprisoning?
  • Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby
  • Why not change our system of imprisoning and put it fully on that of reform?
  • Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby
  • Finally they charged him with imprisoning Christina and her boy.
  • Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson
  • He put his lips to it and, imprisoning her fingers, kissed them once, reverently.
  • Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • Paresi watched, his eyes as featureless as the imprisoning dark.
  • Extract from : « Breaking Point » by James E. Gunn
  • May they not revenge themselves by imprisoning your father and destroying his farm?
  • Extract from : « Roger Willoughby » by William H. G. Kingston
  • Always beyond our reach, yet always there before us, imprisoning us.
  • Extract from : « 'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914 » by Maurice Genevoix
  • Playfully she caught Marcia's hands and imprisoning them, drew them forward.
  • Extract from : « Shifting Sands » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • The fellow is such a fool as to believe he serves his country by imprisoning us.
  • Extract from : « With Porter in the Essex » by James Otis
  • Else he would not have committed the crime of imprisoning you on a false charge of debt.
  • Extract from : « The Orange Girl » by Walter Besant

Antonyms for imprisoning

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