Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of imprison.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. being in captivity
Examples
“So if he is not extremely vigilant throughout his house and grounds, he may be caught with a hundred dollar fine, OR be imprisoned three months in the House of Correction at the pleasure of the magistrate!! and for every subsequent offense may be _imprisoned in the House of Correction_ as much as one year, and then required to give security for obeying the law.”
“(From Amazon. com): With King Olin imprisoned and Prince Kendrick slain, the royal twins Barrick and Briony have been forced to flee their homeland.”
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“But he was left behind, wounded, and was again imprisoned when the division withdrew.”
“QUESTION: What about in imprisoned in the United States?”
“I agree with you for the theoretical position that given our current abilities the optimal number of innocents imprisoned is greater than zero, if it were not, the only permissible course of action would be to abolish imprisonment as criminal penalty, since errors are unavoidable.”
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“Tautologically, getting imprisoned is pretty bad in its own right, so there must be a decent reason for it.”
“Birtukan is let out of prison, but tens of thousands of others remain imprisoned for their political beliefs.”
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“If having been imprisoned is automatic qualification to be CiC, surely we'd have seen many prisoners applying for the job.”
“The legendary demon barber, who had been wrongly imprisoned, is hell-bent on seeking revenge.”
“In "Sweeney Todd," the legendary demon barber (played by David Hess), who had been wrongly imprisoned, is hell-bent on seeking revenge.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘imprisoned’.
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feeling words
twitterpated, loquacious, ambiguous, pensive, sluggish, anxious, adventurous, curious, abandoned, absent-minded, abrasive, abused and 653 more...
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Legislationie: The Habeas Corpus Act ...
An act for the better securing the liberty of the subject, and for prevention of imprisonments beyond the seas.
WHEREAS great delays have been used by sheriffs, gaolers and other offi...of the peace, the hand and seal of, signed and sealed, jurisdiction, hath, order, recognizances, cognizable, properly, city, county, gaol-delivery and 120 more...
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Poetrie: The New Colossus
by Emma Lazarus, 1883.
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mi...i lift my lamp be..., tempest-tost, homeless, your teeming shore, wretched refuse, yearning to breat..., your huddled masses, give me your tired, silent, storied pomp, ancient lands, twin cities and 19 more...
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Affliction
Ciprofloxacin changed my world 5 months ago. The pharmacy failed to include the FDA Black Box Warning on my prescription. And the resultant tendonitis has sorely afflicted 6 tendons (so far) and ...
floxed, floxic, deflox, floxicity, floxicology, floxicant, tendonitis, ciprotendonitis, tribulation, limp, gimp, imprisoned and 15 more...
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