imprison

Etymology
From, , , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.

Usage notes
The term to imprison implies a sentencing has taken place when used to describe actions taken by a legal system, whereas to jail may imply a temporary holding before a trial, conviction, and sentencing.

Synonyms

 * send to the Tower
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 * send to the Tower
 * See also Thesaurus:imprison
 * send to the Tower
 * See also Thesaurus:imprison
 * See also Thesaurus:imprison

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: حبس
 * Moroccan Arabic: تحبس
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: encarcelar
 * Bulgarian: опандизвам
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏚᎲᏍᎦ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Chukchi: ёк
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: enprizonigi, malliberigi
 * Finnish:
 * French:, mettre en prison
 * Old French: anprisoner
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φυλακίζω
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: cuir i bpríosún, cuir i ngéibheann
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , 閉じ込める
 * Korean: 투옥하다
 * Macedonian: за́твора
 * Manx: cur ayns pryssoon, pryssoonee
 * Maori: mauhere, whakaherehere
 * Norman: mettre en prison
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: hæftan, ġefæstnian
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, , encarcerar
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: лиша́ть свобо́ды, заключа́ть в тюрьму́, сажа́ть в тюрьму́
 * Slovak: väzniť, uväzniť
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: ув'я́знювати, ув'язни́ти
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: ,
 * Walloon:, , ,