VERB 关押;监禁 If someone is imprisoned, they are locked up or kept somewhere, usually in prison as a punishment for a crime or for political opposition. 关押;监禁
The local priest was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation. [beVERB-ed]
当地牧师由于受到煽动反对政府的指控而被监禁 18 个月。
Dutch colonial authorities imprisoned him for his part in the independence movement. [VERB noun]