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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

In plays such as “The Whale,” “Pocatello” and “A Permanent Image,” he closely examines the sociological landscape, the way economics and culture constrict and magnify, imprison and potentially liberate this thing we call the self.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

“You lie to me. You imprison me here with your lies!”

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

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

Filmed in a boxy aspect ratio that visually imprisons her in her circumstances, the movie uses tracking shots as hints into its character’s mindset.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025

Evasive and everywhere, the past imprisons Olivia as good old Gothic stories tend to wrap their tentacles around and ensnare us.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2022

The centerpiece of the Art League Gallery show is a virtual-reality headset that imprisons the wearer in a jail cell.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2019

Banning not only confines one physically, it imprisons one’s spirit.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Mr. Clifford is a former business associate of imprisoned newsman Jimmy Lai and author of a Lai biography, “The Troublemaker.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

The BBC is aware of only one who has been imprisoned - a former head of Izolyatsia who was arrested in Kyiv in 2021 and has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Among those imprisoned were the president’s top White House aides, his attorney general and his personal legal counsel.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

The latest message referenced Mexico’s president, and noted that the imprisoned cartel leader has not attempted “any type of escaping from the U.S.A.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

I knew Aunt Kitty was telling more of her tales of woe about an imprisoned husband, the forger, and Mrs. Maroney was eating it up.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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

Reacting to Sentencing Council's announcement, Janey Starling, co-director of feminist campaign group Level Up, said the changes are a "huge milestone" in the campaign to end imprisoning pregnant women and mothers.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025

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

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