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imprison

[im-priz-uhn] / ɪmˈprɪz ən /


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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

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

There must be no doubt that our federal government lacks the power to imprison someone for criticizing government officials.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2024

It was too risky to imprison Booth anywhere on land.

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

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

Here is the real thing, where video liberates rather than imprisons all-enveloping music.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 14, 2022

The cemetery is an oasis of peace amid the traffic that imprisons the Ostiense area.

From New York Times Sep. 28, 2022

Last night he suggested in his usual oleaginous way that mean people on Twitter are worse than a dictator who poisons and imprisons his political adversaries.

From Salon Feb. 23, 2022

Daddy imprisons himself in his room, but what else is new?

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

Fleeing in horror from the Revolution he had hoped to lead, he was captured and imprisoned, “crushed,” as Gouverneur Morris, America’s minister to France, put it, “by the wheel he set in motion.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Jack Kerouac sought enlightenment there; his compatriot Neal Cassady was imprisoned there, in San Quentin.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

In a statement, Lithuania's Ministry of Justice said: "There have been no discussions or consultations regarding the possibility of accepting the transfer of all Lithuanian citizens imprisoned in the United Kingdom".

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

They have been imprisoned at the Baker County Detention Center and denied bail ever since.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

Most people released from prison after being proved innocent receive no money, no assistance, no counseling—nothing from the state that wrongly imprisoned them.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

The demonstration was a protest against the policy of internment – imprisoning people without trial – which had been put in place following three years of violence.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2025

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

Now, there are no laws against imprisoning apostrophes and making them look daft.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author




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