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Imprison Imprisoned Prison ɪm'prɪzn V.禁锢 Criminal Dark Cell

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Pron [ɪm'prɪzn]
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v.禁锢
The criminal has been imprisoned in a dark cell for almost 10 years.
这个罪犯被关在暗室里,几乎有十年了。
Vocab
imprisonlock up or confine, in or as in a jail

To imprison is to hold someone in a prison or jail. It can also mean to confine them elsewhere. You might imprison a classmate in a locker, for example.

Cops imprison suspects who can't make bail, and someone could be imprisoned for a long time if convicted of a serious crime. Government agencies like the CIA and FBI also imprison people. However, you don't need a prison to imprison someone: a kidnapper holding people captive in the basement has imprisoned them.

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