Term: Imprison

Part of Speech: Verb

Sense 1: To confine someone in a prison or jail.

Usage:

1. The judge decided to imprison the criminal for 10 years.
2. He was imprisioned for his involvement in the robbery.
3. They plan to imprison the suspects until the trial.

Sense 2: To restrict or confine someone or something severely or oppressively.

Usage:

1. The strict rules of the boarding school can sometimes feel like they imprison the students.
2. Her fear of failure seemed to imprison her and hold her back from pursuing her dreams.
3. The building was so damaged in the earthquake that it appeared to imprison those trapped inside.

Sense 3: Local term used in some regions as a misspelling of "imprison".

Usage:

1. The word "imprision" is commonly used in this area as a local variation.
2. She accidentally mistyped "imprision" in her text message, but her friend still understood what she meant.

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