Imprisonment means A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like confinement or punishment.
Imprisonment in a sentence
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Imprisonment meaning
A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
Synonyms of Imprisonment
Example sentences (20)
Neto and Jones, both of Salford, were sentenced to eight years imprisonment after being convicted of manslaughter.
It’s crucial to avoid public fights, as they can result in detention, legal proceedings, and often, imprisonment.
Endean was made the subject of another suspended sentence for six months imprisonment, suspended for two years.
But he does share another quality: he has not been given many infractions over the course of his imprisonment.
If found guilty, the 49-year-old man faces life imprisonment for his charge of high treason under martial law.
Ngubane was eventually sentenced to 12 months imprisonment but appealed the decision and was released pending his appeal.
If they go back, many of those opposed to Europe’s "last dictator" would face arrest, imprisonment or worse.
Mr George's calls for compensation for his imprisonment and wrongful conviction have been consistently rebuffed since then.
Anyone violating the new restrictions is subject to a fine or imprisonment on a contempt of court charge.
He was disqualified as an MLA soon after a special court on February 13 convicted and sentenced him to two years imprisonment.
He was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment after admitting charges of culpable homicide and trying to defeat the ends of justice.
Dog meat trading shall be punished with a penalty of not less than PHP5,000 per dog and imprisonment of one to four years or both.
Causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink may lead to lifetime imprisonment and at least a five-year ban.
He was also sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the bombings of Florence, Rome and Milan that killed ten people in 1993.
He sentenced Kavanagh to 24 months imprisonment, and adjourned the making of a further Sexual Harm Prevention Order to another date.
According to another source, Bear is a ‘broken man’ following his imprisonment at HMP Chelmsford.
He was convicted of incest, rape, coercion, false imprisonment, enslavement and for the negligent homicide of one of his infant sons.
Breaching the sexual harm prevention order is a separate criminal offence that carries a maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment.
Justice Dairus Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on Tuesday sentenced one Shehu Abubakar to 13 months imprisonment for N1.6m fraud.
In regular times, moonlighting while serving in the military can be punishable by imprisonment.
Common combinations with imprisonment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- years imprisonment 48×
- imprisonment for 47×
- life imprisonment 42×
- imprisonment and 22×
- months imprisonment 15×
- of imprisonment 13×
- false imprisonment 13×
- his imprisonment 12×
- imprisonment or 9×
- imprisonment with 8×
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