imprisoning

Word Origin & History

c.1300, from Old French emprisoner (12c.), from em- "in" (see in- (2)) + prison (see prison). Related: Imprisoned; imprisoning.

What rights does the State take from the criminal in imprisoning?

Why not change our system of imprisoning and put it fully on that of reform?

Finally they charged him with imprisoning Christina and her boy.

He put his lips to it and, imprisoning her fingers, kissed them once, reverently.

Paresi watched, his eyes as featureless as the imprisoning dark.

May they not revenge themselves by imprisoning your father and destroying his farm?

Always beyond our reach, yet always there before us, imprisoning us.

Playfully she caught Marcia's hands and imprisoning them, drew them forward.

The fellow is such a fool as to believe he serves his country by imprisoning us.

Else he would not have committed the crime of imprisoning you on a false charge of debt.

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verb confine; put in jail

noun. restricting

noun. placing in forcible detention