Definition of "imprisoning" []

• Present participle of imprison. (verb)

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• "You could just as easily have a bumper sticker saying "Why do we imprison people who imprison people to show that imprisoning is wrong?""
• "Jeremiah's "chains" for a time were due to the negligence of those to whom he had been committed; or else to Nebuzara-dan's wish to upbraid the people with their perverse ingratitude in imprisoning Jeremiah [Calvin]; hence he addresses the people (ye ... you) as much as Jeremiah (Jer 40: 2, 3)."
• "Actually, it's the appearance of "perfection," albeit hypocritical, flawed, dishonest, and imprisoning, that is heavily promoted by nearly every religious Muslim American social circle I've met."