1. confined in prison; held captive

1. past tense and past participle of imprison; put or kept in prison

Examples

• The convicted thief was imprisoned for two years.
• She felt imprisoned by her circumstances.
• The dictator imprisoned his political opponents.
• He was imprisoned without trial for months.
• The bird looked imprisoned in its small cage.
• Many protesters were imprisoned during the uprising.
• The criminal remained imprisoned until his sentence was complete.