imprisonment

Definition

• n. putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
• n. the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

Word forms

Plural

imprisonments

Example sentences

1. n.

   After the trial, the judge decided on a sentence of five years of imprisonment for the crime.

2. n.

   The lawyer argued that his client should not face imprisonment due to the lack of evidence.