English-Thai Dictionary
imprison
VT จำคุก กักขัง คุมขัง confine immure jam-kuk
imprison in
PHRV จับ ขัง จำคุก ขัง jab-kang
imprisoner
N ผู้คุม jailer warder turnkey
imprisonment
N การ จำคุก การ กักขัง การ คุมขัง confinement immurement kan-jam-kuk
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
IMPRISON
v.t.impriz'n. 1. To put into a prison; to confine in a prison or jail, or to arrest and detain in custody in any place.
2. To confine; to shut up; to restrain from escape; to deprive of the liberty to move from place to place; as, to be imprisoned in a cell.
He imprisoned was in chains remediless.
Try to imprison the resistless winds.
IMPRISONED
pp. Confined in a prison or jail; restrained from escape or from going at large.
IMPRISONING
ppr. Shutting up in prison; confining in a place.
IMPRISONMENT
n.The act of putting and confining in prison; the act of arresting and detaining in custody. 1. Confinement in a place; restraint of liberty to go from place to place at pleasure. Appropriately, the confinement of a criminal or debtor within the walls of a prison, or in the custody of a sheriff, etc.
False imprisonment is any confinement of the person, or restraint of liberty, without legal or sufficient authority. The arrest or detention of the person by an officer without warrant, or by an illegal warrant, or by a legal warrant executed at an unlawful time, is false imprisonment.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
IMPRISON
Im *pris "on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imprisoned; p. pr. & vb. n.Imprisoning. ] Etym: [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F. emprisonner; pref. en- (L. in ) + F. & OF. prison. See Prison. ]
1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine. He imprisoned was in chains remediles. Spenser.
2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way. Try to imprison the resistless wind. Dryden.
Syn. -- To incarcerate; confine; immure.
IMPRISONER
IMPRISONER Im *pris "on *er, n.
Defn: One who imprisons.
IMPRISONMENT
Im *pris "on ment, n. Etym: [OE. enprisonment; F. emprisonnement. ]
Defn: The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint. His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser. Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public streets. Blackstone. False imprisonment. (Law ) See under False.
Syn. -- Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance; restraint.
New American Oxford Dictionary
imprison
im pris on |imˈprizən ɪmˈprɪzn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] put or keep in prison or a place like a prison: he was imprisoned for six months for contempt of court. ORIGIN Middle English emprison, from Old French emprisoner, from em- ‘in ’ + prison .
imprisoned
im pris oned |imˈprizənd ɪmˈprɪznd | ▶adjective kept in prison: captive: an imprisoned dissident.
imprisonment
im pris on ment |imˈprizənmənt ɪmˈprɪznmənt | ▶noun the state of being imprisoned; captivity: he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment.
Oxford Dictionary
imprison
im |prison |ɪmˈprɪz (ə )n | ▶verb [ with obj. ] put or keep in prison or a place like a prison: he was imprisoned three times for his activities. ORIGIN Middle English emprison, from Old French emprisoner, from em- ‘in ’ + prison .
imprisoned
im |prisoned |ɪmˈprɪznd | ▶adjective kept in prison: captive: an imprisoned dissident.
imprisonment
im |pris ¦on |ment |ɪmˈprɪz (ə )nm (ə )nt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state of being imprisoned; captivity: he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment.
American Oxford Thesaurus
imprison
imprison verb we expect to imprison another two dozen individuals by the end of this month alone: incarcerate, send to prison, jail, lock up, put away, intern, detain, hold prisoner, hold captive; confine, shut up, cage; informal put behind bars. ANTONYMS free, release. WORD SPECTRUM: imprison / free Word Spectrums show shades of meaning between two polar opposites.
imprisoned
imprisoned adjective imprisoned dissidents: incarcerated, in prison, in jail, jailed, locked up, interned, detained, held prisoner, held captive; informal behind bars, doing time, under lock and key, inside.
Oxford Thesaurus
imprison
imprison verb she was imprisoned for sedition: incarcerate, put in prison, send to prison, jail, lock up, take into custody, put under lock and key, put away, intern, confine, detain, hold prisoner, hold captive, hold, put into detention, put in chains, put in irons, clap in irons; Brit. detain at Her Majesty's pleasure; informal send down, put behind bars, put inside; Brit. informal bang someone up; rare immure. ANTONYMS free, release.
imprisoned
imprisoned adjective an imprisoned dissident: incarcerated, in prison, in jail, jailed, locked up, in custody, under lock and key, interned, confined, detained, held prisoner, captive, held captive, in chains, in irons, clapped in irons; Brit. detained at Her Majesty's pleasure; informal sent down, behind bars, doing time, inside, away; Brit. informal doing porridge, doing bird, banged up; rare immured. ANTONYMS free.
imprisonment
imprisonment noun he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment: incarceration, internment, confinement, detention, custody, captivity; penal servitude, hard labour; informal time; Brit. informal porridge, bird, chokey; archaic durance, duress. ANTONYMS freedom.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
imprison
im pris on /ɪmprɪ́z (ə )n /〖in (中へ )prison (投獄する )〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈人 〉を 【犯罪などで 】投獄する ; 拘留する «for » (!しばしば受け身で ) ▸ be imprisoned for drug possession 麻薬所持で拘留される 2 ｟比喩的に ｠〈人 (の行動 自由 )〉を «…に » 閉じ込める, 拘束する «in » .
imprisoned
im pr í s oned 形容詞 投獄 [拘留 ]された .
imprisonment
im pr í s on ment 名詞 U C 投獄 ; 拘置, 禁固 (刑 ), 監禁, 禁足 ▸ life imprisonment 終身刑
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