life sentence Meaning of "life sentence"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

Usage(s):

  1. Daniels recounted how jurors initially favored a life sentence.
  2. Hes serving a federal life sentence.
  3. Greco, who has been in hiding since 1982, is already under a life sentence for ordering the 1983 murder of a Palermo magistrate.
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