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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 hematuria ,
false hermaphroditism ,
falsehood ,
false horizon ,
false image ,
false imprisonment ,
false indigo ,
false joint ,
false keel ,
false knot ,
false labor
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How to use false imprisonment in a sentence Vicosa was charged with armed carjacking and Bynum was charged with false imprisonment , according to a statement released by Baltimore County police.
Only after prosecutors in Waukesha County filed nine additional criminal counts against Ryan in August 2016, including stalking, false imprisonment and numerous incidents of battery, did the Waukesha family court tighten its conditions.
Most recently, Bosque was found guilty of false imprisonment and witness-tampering in 2014 after he allegedly illegally handcuffed a man trying to file a complaint against him.
Newberg was subsequently charged with dozens of counts of misconduct, assault and false imprisonment after prosecutors reviewed body camera footage from that incident and many others.
And no issue should be defined by its outliers because it paints a false picture.
He has contributed to a false picture of law enforcement based on isolated injustices.
“Nothing else to do” was the most common response for why people chose to go to The Ball, though that rang a little false to me.
He quotes an unnamed cardinal saying that the conclave voters knew the charges were false.
Once people with ID are arrested, they are particularly susceptible to making coerced and often false confessions.
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.
But the sheer quantity of the inflated currency and false money forces prices higher still.
Sentence of fine and imprisonment passed upon lord Bacon in the house of peers for bribery.
The rest is done by cutting away two upper and four under-teeth, and substituting false ones at the desired angle.
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British Dictionary definitions for false imprisonment
noun
law the restraint of a person's liberty without lawful authority
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