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imprisonment

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


NOUN
placing in forcible detention
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On Friday, Judge Adam Hiddleston sentenced Khadikhel to nine-and-a-half years' imprisonment, Miakhel to nine years' imprisonment and Mohammed to six-and-a-half years' imprisonment.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The initial complaint, filed in May 2025, also included false imprisonment and conversion as causes of action, which are not included in the latest complaint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

In addition to the imprisonment of Gao, the authorities also barred his wife and 7-year-old son, a U.S. citizen, from leaving China, their supporters said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

He was later awarded nearly $1 million from the Victim Compensation Board of California for his wrongful imprisonment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

But higher rates of imprisonment did have a lot to do with it.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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

Many voters appeared fed up with the military’s rule, imprisonments, censorship, and manipulation of politics after the army’s coups in 2006 and 2014.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2023

“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

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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