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How to pronounce imprisoned in English?

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Synonyms captive, confined, jailed

Examples of imprisoned

imprisoned
Ladies in White is a group of relatives of Cuban dissidents who were imprisoned.
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Five days after Valentine's Day, her imprisoned lover had ordered her execution.
From the suntimes.com
In 2000, Dr. Chentnik was arrested for Medicare fraud, convicted and imprisoned.
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He said he probably never would have started running had he not been imprisoned.
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He estimated there are fewer than two dozen Sikhs imprisoned across the country.
From the abcnews.go.com
If convicted on all counts, she could be imprisoned up to 25 years and 7 months.
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Abramoff since has been imprisoned for corrupting other congressional officials.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Had she been convicted, she could have been imprisoned for up to 10 to 20 years.
From the democratandchronicle.com
About 16,000 people were imprisoned at S-21, now the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Captive: being in captivity
  • (imprison) 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"
  • (imprison) 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"
  • (imprisonment) putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
  • (imprisonment) captivity: the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"
  • (imprisonment) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
  • A prison (from Old French prisoun) is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. ...
  • (Imprisonment) Incarceration is the detention of a person in jail, typically as punishment for a crime. ...
  • (imprison) Backhand of [4] strikes against [5], PO towards, FO up, with a large movement from behind. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - imprison.