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imprisonment

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


NOUN
placing in forcible detention
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
Antonyms


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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

Releasing Mr. Lai wouldn’t require China to admit that his imprisonment was wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

As expected, the court rendered a guilty verdict against the Rueggs in August 1932, though it downgraded the death sentence to life imprisonment in a concession to international opinion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The crime of intentional foreign interference carries a maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment in Australia.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

“For this, I suggest a term of imprisonment in Azkaban lasting no less than —” But there was an angry outcry from the surrounding benches.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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

Since the group established the database of imprisonments in 1992, it has become a global benchmark for measuring repression of journalists.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021

“We will continue to work to see our laws properly applied in order to end Ms. Becker and Ms. Perez’s imprisonments and protect women from similar prosecution in the future,” Becerra said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2020

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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