as in to jail
to put in or as if in prison
in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they can't do any more harm
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Guantánamo artists talk about the artwork as being imprisoned like them and subjected to the same restrictions and seemingly arbitrary processes of approval or disappearance.
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Alexandra Moore, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
The president has previously floated the idea of sending migrants with criminal backgrounds to be detained or imprisoned outside the U.S., although the logistics and legalities of such a feat remain unclear.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025
Beginning in 1907, these women — deemed typhoid carriers — were imprisoned in the former psychiatric hospital, their lives shaped by fear, stigma, and medical injustice.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
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Alexandra Moore, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
The president has previously floated the idea of sending migrants with criminal backgrounds to be detained or imprisoned outside the U.S., although the logistics and legalities of such a feat remain unclear.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025
Beginning in 1907, these women — deemed typhoid carriers — were imprisoned in the former psychiatric hospital, their lives shaped by fear, stigma, and medical injustice.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprison. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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