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imprisonment

[im-priz-uhn-muhnt] / ɪmˈprɪz ən mənt /


NOUN
placing in forcible detention
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Article 112 of the Thai criminal code simply reads, "Whoever defames, insults or threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir-apparent or the Regent, shall be punished with imprisonment of three to 15 years."

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Lavrynovych, a 22-year-old Ukrainian national, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in June.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Her lawyers repeated a call for Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to commute Pike's sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

In ‘One Helluva Ride,’ Michael Douglas opens up about firing his dad, affairs on set, his son’s imprisonment and a lifetime lived under the spotlight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

These calls to Gardar were important to Bobby because they went beyond the complicated aspects of his imprisonment and touched on other matters, such as politics, religion, and philosophy.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

After this, there will be a lot of going back and forth across the Channel; crimes of the aristocracy; Darnay’s own Big Secret revealed; more trials, more imprisonments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

He reunited with his wife in the final months of his life, as he suffered from ill-health caused by his imprisonments.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024

“It’s disturbing, it’s terrifying, and it’s a major violation of protected speech,” Freedom House’s Nate Schenkkan said of the recent imprisonments of Western-based Saudis.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

Even a recent number of arrests and imprisonments for defaming the president do not appear to have dented Mr. Hichilema’s popularity.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

Both of us were spared, in body at least, by the stone walls of our different imprisonments, and altered in spirit, in ways we’re struggling to understand.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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