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What does imprison mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine.
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Of course, we couldn't afford it, as we imprison such a disgracefully huge portion of our population, and in often sub-human conditions.
And he went after the terrorist bombers and he was able to stop them and to imprison them and to put a total halt to any such activity.
Why did it take so long to imprison the men responsible for this terrible crime?
Rather, we differ from other nations only in our high propensity to imprison nonviolent offenders and to incarcerate them for long periods.
They have the freedom to imprison themselves within a state of mind, and the freedom to liberate themselves from it.
They will imprison the dog in the corn crib, and if after a few weeks he fails to show signs of disease, they'll let him out.

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