Choose
Imprison
Imprison verb - To put in or as if in prison.
Choose and imprison are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Choose" instead a verb "Imprison".
Nearby Words: imprisonment, imprisoning
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- They can choose to imprison the missionary, leave them free but ignore them, or listen to their preaching and embrace the missionary's faith.
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Cruel Mercy: Should the player choose to imprison the Crooked Man for his crimes, rather than rip his head off or throw him down the Witching Well, it will be revealed that he will be spending the sentence in a birdcage...as a raven.
Source: Video Game / The Wolf Among Us -
Til Murder Do Us Part: You can murder your spouse (or imprison and execute them on trumped-up charges) if you so choose, usually to ensure a beneficial inheritance or open the way for a (hopefully) more fertile pairing.
Source: Video Game / Crusader Kings
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