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imprisonment

[ im-priz-uhn-muhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act of confining in or as if in a prison; the state of being so confined:
Identity theft and computer fraud are criminal offenses punishable by imprisonment.
Winter up there means cumbersome living and imprisonment in an icy hell.

First recorded in 1250–1300; from Old French emprisonnement, equivalent to imprison ( def ) + -ment ( def )

It is literally illegal to be gay, and so to self-identify is to risk imprisonment.

She has been threatened with disbarment, imprisonment, and worse.

Firing one will earn you a minimum of three years in jail and possible life imprisonment.

Liu, a Chinese democracy activist, was sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment in 2009.

Local officials are already calling for Pennsylvania to examine its laws, which allow imprisonment for nonpayment of fines.

About this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.

He was well set in the form of a man now, the months since his imprisonment having brought him much to fasten upon and hold.

Sentence of fine and imprisonment passed upon lord Bacon in the house of peers for bribery.

He almost felt the old sense of imprisonment, of aching nostalgia, of having lost his liberty.

Form of imprisonment varies, but the ‘rescue’ is most generally found in company with the tournament.

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