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imprisonment

noun as in forcible detention

noun as in placing in forcible detention

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None of the parents were threatened with imprisonment, as courts can only impose financial penalties.

From BBC

He faces a sentence up to life imprisonment if convicted of collusion.

From BBC

She has opted not to disclose the nature of parents' crimes, but outlined the "social stigma" she experienced as a result of their imprisonment.

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Shemwell, who was 21 at the time but is now 24, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment at the same court after she admitted two counts of child cruelty in December last year.

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Petticrew leads us through Dolours' youth through her and Marian's harrowing imprisonment.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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