Legal Dictionary

imprison

Definition of imprison

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪzən

Verb

to imprison (third-person singular simple present imprisons, present participle imprisoning, simple past and past participle imprisoned)

  1. (transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine.

Synonyms

  • bang up
  • gaol, jail
  • lock up
  • put away
  • (British, colloquial) sent to the Tower "imprisoned"

Derived terms

References:

  1. Wiktionary. Published under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.



SHARE THIS PAGE

TOP LEGAL TERMS THIS WEEK
1.     status quo
2.     landed property
3.     lex situs
4.     lex fori
5.     lex causae
6.     conclusive presumption
7.     pro forma
8.     common stock
9.     abductor
10.     rebuke