imprison

Example Sentences

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I patiently explained that neither law clerks nor justices get to imprison people sua sponte.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

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

In America, we don’t imprison people for violating rules that were never written.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Some American journalists and politicians couched their desire to round up and imprison Japanese Americans in humanitarian terms: to protect them from potential mob violence.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024

It was too risky to imprison Booth anywhere on land.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson