tr.v., -oned, -on·ing, -ons.
To put in or as if in prison; confine.
[Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en-, in (from Latin in-; see in-2) + prison, prison; see prison.]
imprisonable im·pris'on·a·ble adj.imprisonment im·pris'on·ment n.
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