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imprison

/ɪmˈpɹɪzən/

Meanings
verb
To put in or as if in prison; confine.

Examples :

"The judge ordered the thief to be imprisoned for five years. "
law police government state action

Related Words

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five noun

/fɑev/ /faɪv/

The digit/figure 5.

"He wrote a five followed by four zeroes."

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imprisoned verb

/ɪmˈpɹɪzənd/

To put in or as if in prison; confine.

"The protesters were imprisoned after they refused to leave the government building. "

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put noun

/pʊt/ /pʌt/

A right to sell something at a predetermined price.

"The farmer had a put on the tomatoes, guaranteeing a price of $2 per pound. "

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years noun

/ji.ə(ɹ)z/

A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).

"we moved to this town a year ago;  I quit smoking exactly one year ago"

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to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

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for conjunction

/fɔːr/

In order to.

"I saved money for a new car."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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ordered verb

/ˈɔːdəd/ /ˈɔɹdɚd/

To set in some sort of order.

"She ordered the books on the shelf by the author's last name. "

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confine noun

/ˈkɒnfaɪn/ /ˈkɑnfaɪn/

(chiefly in the plural) A boundary or limit.

"The garden's flowerbeds were planted within the confines of the stone wall. "

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prison noun

/ˈpɹɪzən/

A place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.

"The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century."

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thief noun

/θiːf/ /θif/

One who carries out a theft.

"The thief stole Mrs. Garcia's purse from her locker at school. "

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judge noun

/d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/

A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.

"The judge heard the case and ruled that the student was guilty of disrupting class. "