Is there a subgroup of the general linear group isomorphic to the general linear group?

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Let $\mathbb{V}$ be a finite-dimensional vector space over some field $K$. (Let us consider the case $K$ is characteristic 0 and the dimension of V is greater than one )

Is there a proper subgroup of $GL( \mathbb{V})$ isomorphic to $GL( \mathbb{V})$? Also, the same question for $SL( \mathbb{V})$.

If you do not know the answer, please give any idea/reference on approaching to the problem. My intuition is the answer is no, but I could not show it.