imprisonment
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- n putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
- n the state of being imprisoned
the imprisonment of captured soldiers - n the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
- He was sentenced to deatha sentence that was commuted to life imprisonment and later, in 1955, to house arrest.
- Her imprisonment eventually became a cause clbre in Europe, and after a Colombian government operation freed her and 14 other hostages in July, Paris rejoiced.
- Her next goals: an indemnity fund for victims, a bill of rights for victims, automatic imprisonment for repeat offenders.