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imprisonment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | captivity, immurement, incarceration |
| Type of | confinement |
| Has types | durance, life imprisonment, internment |
| Derivation | imprison |
the imprisonment of captured soldiers.
imprisonment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | internment |
| Type of | confinement |
| Has types | custody, lockdown, false imprisonment |
| Derivation | imprison |
imprisonment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | punishment, penalisation, penalization, penalty |
| Derivation | imprison |
Examples of imprisonment
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Where speaking out could earn a writer a banning, an imprisonment or even death.
From the guardian.co.uk
During his imprisonment, several houses were built in the grounds of Liliesleaf.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Graves, 45, kept track of every day of his 18 years and two months imprisonment.
From the chron.com
Chinese law provides for capital punishment and life imprisonment for smugglers.
From the signonsandiego.com
It's punishable by a fine of $500 to $4,000 and imprisonment for up to one year.
From the chron.com
Velez could face life imprisonment and a dishonorable discharge if found guilty.
From the voanews.com
Newsweek editors said they had not heard from Mr. Bahari since his imprisonment.
From the nytimes.com
For years they have been subject to surveillance, intimidation and imprisonment.
From the denverpost.com
Her adventures, including imprisonment in a cave, make up the plot of the novel.
From the chron.com
- Putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
- Captivity: the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"
- The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
- Incarceration is the detention of a person in jail, typically as punishment for a crime. People are most commonly incarcerated upon suspicion or conviction of committing a crime, and different jurisdictions have differing laws governing the function of incarceration within an larger system of ...
- (Imprisoned) A prison (from Old French prisoun) is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. ...
- (imprisoned) trapped and unable to escape from something.
- Where a court imposes a period of time where a person is to be detained as part or the whole of a sentence in a criminal matter.
- This may be for a finite term or for life, the maximum for each offence being prescribed by statute. Inmates whose sentence is finite may earn remission of up to one-quarter of their sentence by good behaviour.
- Incarceration; the act of restraining the personal liberty of an individual; confinement in a prison.
