imprison
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Mitsotakis, who notes the fraud began before he came to power in 2019, has vowed to imprison the "thieves" responsible and to reclaim the funds.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
“It’s despicable to imprison a person for exercising their 1st Amendment rights,” McBroom said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
In America, we don’t imprison people for violating rules that were never written.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
To be clear, Marchan has already stated that he does not intend to imprison the president-elect.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
It was too risky to imprison Booth anywhere on land.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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The camera is almost always static; the frame is frozen in a way that virtually imprisons the characters, suggesting that their blinkered belief systems similarly constrain their thoughts and direct their deeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Mommy Fortuna, a wizened witch voiced by the late Angela Lansbury, cages the creature in a sideshow attraction to make a buck and secure her legacy in the memory of the deathless creatures she imprisons.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2022
“The notoriety of this case imprisons Mr. Haggis, and he can only be free to work again when he wins at trial,” his attorney, Seth Zuckerman, says in the motion, according to Variety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
The centerpiece of the Art League Gallery show is a virtual-reality headset that imprisons the wearer in a jail cell.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2019
Daddy imprisons himself in his room, but what else is new?
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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“Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The BBC is aware of only one who has been imprisoned - a former head of Izolyatsia who was arrested in Kyiv in 2021 and has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Among those imprisoned were the president’s top White House aides, his attorney general and his personal legal counsel.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
When he was imprisoned in 2020, he was concerned that he might be forced to get a haircut.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
“The Count of Monte Cristo. Another great Dumas book. An innocent man is betrayed, accused of treason, imprisoned, and after many long years, escapes. Napoleon, jealous of General Dumas, sent him to jail.”
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Retired tech titans and social media luminaries can no more control the development of AI by banning it than the Catholic Church could undo the fact that Earth revolves around the sun by imprisoning Galileo.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
"Excuse me, that's incorrect. Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires that the government provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people," Hassan said.
From Salon ● May 20, 2025
Before imprisoning people, including noncitizens, the government is required under the Constitution to charge the defendants with a crime and to prove their guilt in a jury trial, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
The US and many countries in Europe have repatriated citizens from Syrian detention camps before putting them on trial and imprisoning them.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
“When we lock things away,” he said with conviction, “we’re really imprisoning ourselves.”
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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