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imprigionare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • commit verb To carry out a crime, mistake, or wrongdoing.
  • imprison verb To put someone in prison, or to confine them against their will.
  • incarcerate verb To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.

Senses

imprigionare is used for these senses in English:

  • commit (transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
  • imprison (transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
  • incarcerate (chiefly, US, transitive, ) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
  • incarcerate (transitive) To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.
  • lock up (transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone).

commit — full definition

  1. verb To carry out a crime, mistake, or wrongdoing.
  2. verb To pledge or bind oneself to a course of action.
  3. verb To save a set of changes permanently, especially in software or version control.

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