Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned: confinement in or as if in prison; any forcible restraint within bounds.
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- noun A
confinement in a place, especially aprison .
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- noun the state of being imprisoned
- noun putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
- noun the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term, €˜rigorous imprisonment€ ™, has become an oxymoron € "prisoners now prefer and are allowed a life of leisure. €œIf a person is sentenced to rigorous imprisonment, he has to compulsorily do some menial work like washing vessels or mopping floors.
The Times of India 2010
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“I have just learned,” resumed the nun, “that your conduct this morning, which is understood to have thrown a premeditated insult upon the abbess, is to be punished with what they call imprisonment; alas! why should I soften the truth, — with what I believe is death itself, for who ever returned alive from that hideous chamber.”
The Italian 2004
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The most profound effect of my imprisonment is the positive realization of the freedoms and liberties that our country affords to its citizens by the
Brown, Paul G. 1977
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It can also take the form of short term imprisonment, which is demonstrative to the offender both that society is serious about enforcing its basic norms and how disruptive and problematic a longer incarceration could be to the life of the offender and his family; hopefully, the combination will deter further violations.
Crimlaw 2009
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It can also take the form of short term imprisonment, which is demonstrative to the offender both that society is serious about enforcing its basic norms and how disruptive and problematic a longer incarceration could be to the life of the offender and his family; hopefully, the combination will deter further violations.
Crimlaw 2009
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"Mr. Rajaratnam is not a healthy man, and his death will be hastened by a term of imprisonment," his lawyers said.
Judge Upholds Galleon Founder's Conviction Chad Bray 2011
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• Made changes to the wording of the old section 1 CMA and increased the term of imprisonment
Gary Lee Walters: Phone Hacking - Not Just a Phone Crime? Gary Lee Walters 2011
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Imagine a legal regime in which a criminal could be sentenced to either a term of imprisonment or a form of torture terrible enough to make it nearly equivalent to the jail time—and, after undergoing it, they would be released.
Illogical But Not Unjust Jonathan V. Last 2011
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To insist that she now request a pardon and admit guilt or wrongdoing merely to justify her unjustified 2 year imprisonment is simply unfair.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: The Ghost and the Spirit Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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To insist that she now request a pardon and admit guilt or wrongdoing merely to justify her unjustified 2 year imprisonment is simply unfair.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: The Ghost and the Spirit Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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