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false imprisonment
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noun Law.
the unlawful restraint of a person from exercising the right to freedom of movement.
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Origin of false imprisonment
First recorded in 1760–70
Words nearby false imprisonment
false fruit, false-hearted, false hellebore, falsehood, false horizon, false imprisonment, false indigo, false joint, false keel, false labor, false-memory syndrome
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British Dictionary definitions for false imprisonment
false imprisonment
noun
law the restraint of a person's liberty without lawful authority
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