The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ENSLAVE
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More clues leading to the result ENSLAVE
- Rarely seen clasps can bind?
- Finding Lee Evans a little pointless becomes awful bind
- Force to work in small space to free about 50
- Leaven’s used to bind
- Make a serf of medieval sneak-thief that’s lifting hides
- Lens broken by hail put to work
- Subject‘s state’s leader ousting Conservative in isolated area
- Dominate isolated ethnic group with other black suit
- Imprison good man in outlying region, disregarding cold
- Take a liberty
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The straight part
We know that "Imprison" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case imprison = enslave.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ENSLAVE mean?
ENSLAVE verb- To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.