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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
imprison .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being in captivity
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Examples
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So if he is not extremely vigilant throughout his house and grounds, he may be caught with a hundred dollar fine, OR be imprisoned three months in the House of Correction at the pleasure of the magistrate!! and for every subsequent offense may be _imprisoned in the House of Correction_ as much as one year, and then required to give security for obeying the law.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 1856
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QUESTION: What about in imprisoned in the United States?
Weak Reid 2009
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Birtukan is let out of prison, but tens of thousands of others remain imprisoned for their political beliefs.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Birtukan Unbound! Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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Birtukan is let out of prison, but tens of thousands of others remain imprisoned for their political beliefs.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Birtukan Unbound! Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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Birtukan is let out of prison, but tens of thousands of others remain imprisoned for their political beliefs.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Birtukan Unbound! Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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But he was left behind, wounded, and was again imprisoned when the division withdrew.
Sir James Cleminson obituary Martin Adeney 2010
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Birtukan is let out of prison, but tens of thousands of others remain imprisoned for their political beliefs.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Birtukan Unbound! Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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I agree with you for the theoretical position that given our current abilities the optimal number of innocents imprisoned is greater than zero, if it were not, the only permissible course of action would be to abolish imprisonment as criminal penalty, since errors are unavoidable.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Sixth Now the “Most Reversed” Circuit? 2010
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(From Amazon. com): With King Olin imprisoned and Prince Kendrick slain, the royal twins Barrick and Briony have been forced to flee their homeland.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR FEBRUARY 28TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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Tautologically, getting imprisoned is pretty bad in its own right, so there must be a decent reason for it.
Matthew Yglesias » Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism 2010
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