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imprisoning

noun as in confining

noun as in imprisonment

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Do you suspect that the United States will start imprisoning people who speak out against climate change, much as you've been imprisoned?

From Salon

A member of the audience at the Fabian Society event urged Lord Timpson to consider community sentences as a “direct alternative” to imprisoning offenders.

From BBC

After imprisoning political activists and journalists in Belarus, prosecutors had turned their attention to those who criticise the country abroad.

From BBC

He was jailed for 32 months in 2015, for kidnapping and imprisoning Ms Hopkins in her own home.

From BBC

He had his breakout performance in this hit comedy, which stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton as secretaries who try to overcome corporate sexism by imprisoning their boss.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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