Definition of Immure

to lock up behind walls

Examples of Immure in a sentence

Caught robbing a bank, Jason knew the police would immure him in a jail cell for an extended period of time.  🔊

The asylum would immure my daughter in a barred cell until she proved she was safe to herself and others.  🔊

To stop my nephew from using drugs, I had to immure him in his bedroom so that he could not escape and could be rehabilitated at home.  🔊

During World War II, my grandfather would become immure by the Japanese in a prisoner-of-war camp and would not be released for 3 ½ years.  🔊

Since the homeowners knew the thief would never get caught, they realized they would need to immure him in their home by tying him to the radiator so he could not leave.  🔊

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