emprisonner
Meanings
Verb
1. to imprison
Examples11
Il a été emprisonné.
He was imprisoned.
Je ne veux pas qu'on emprisonne Thomas.
I don't want Tom to go to jail.
Tom est emprisonné.
Tom is being held prisoner.
Il fut emprisonné.
He was imprisoned.
Il courait le risque de se faire attraper et emprisonner.
He ran the risk of being caught and imprisoned.
Il y a beaucoup d'énergie emprisonnée dans le noyau.
A great deal of energy is locked up in the nucleus.