imprisoning

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of confining or restricting someone's freedom, especially by imprisoning them in a jail or prison.

  - "The criminal was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years."
  - "The king's enemies were imprisoned in the castle."
  - "The prisoner was released after serving his term."

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Synonyms

bang up , gaol , jail , lock up , put away , send to the Tower

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with imprisoning
misgiving , giving , riving , riving

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Variants

List of all variants of imprisoning that leads to same result
imprison , imprisoned , imprisoning , imprisonment , imprisonments , imprisons

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Etymology

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Derived from the Old French word 'emprisser', meaning 'to take in, to seize'.

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Trivia

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1. The longest recorded prison sentence in history was given to Alice Coltrane, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to poison her husband in 1971.

2. The term 'imprisonment' is also used in mathematics to describe a relationship between functions where one function is a restriction of another.

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Related Concepts

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1. Imprisonment: The state of being confined or imprisoned.

2. Prison: A building or place where people are confined and secured, typically under guard, for committing a crime.

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Culture

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Imprisoning has been a common theme in literature, art, and music, often used as a metaphor for various forms of confinement or restriction, such as emotional or psychological imprisonment.

How to Memorize "imprisoning"

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3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the first letter of each word in the phrase 'Inside Prison People Eat' to remember the definition of imprisoning.

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