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v. - Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; Confine as if in a prison.

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  • Having already set himself free, no-one could 'imprison' him, no matter what they did.
  • I actually think everyone on child support should unite and not pay one red cent and force the state to "imprison" all of them.
  • It also called my attention to the ways I "imprison" myself by putting pressure on myself with unnecessary demands and expectations.
  • "Where would you imprison them?" asked Macloud, dubiously.
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