throw into prison
Frequency: 7.410.8 per million words
to imprison someone, typically for a serious crime
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- The dictator threatened to throw dissidents into prison.
- Many innocent people were thrown into prison during the political unrest.
- The judge had no choice but to throw the repeat offender into prison.
- They tried to throw him into prison on trumped-up charges.
- If found guilty, he could be thrown into prison for a long time.
- The government's new policy allows them to throw anyone suspected of treason into prison without trial.
- Historically, political rivals were often thrown into prison without due process.
- The police were ordered to throw all protestors into prison.
- He was eventually thrown into prison for his role in the conspiracy.
- To silence dissent, the regime would often throw outspoken critics into prison.