imprison
verb (used with object)
to confine in or as if in a prison.
had imprisoned
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past perfectof imprison.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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China acknowledged that it had imprisoned a British businessman, who vanished in 2018, on spy charges.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
We ask how she came to be defending the very people who had imprisoned her - the military.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2019
It also released three Americans it had imprisoned, two of them arrested since Trump took office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2018
By her late teens, she was demonstrating against the same dictator who had imprisoned her father and in favor of women’s rights.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2018
They were confident that when the judge heard from them all and realized that the police had imprisoned a well-known businessman, the judge might very well release him that day.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
