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 put someone in prison, usually as punishment for a crime.
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
- verb To carry out a crime, mistake, or wrongdoing.
- verb To pledge or bind oneself to a course of action.
- verb To save a set of changes permanently, especially in software or version control.
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