noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a term of imprisonment/detention
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She was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
false
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The rest included allegations of wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and loss of property.
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Lombardy was stopped and arrested on suspicion of rape by force; rape with a foreign object and false imprisonment .
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Was recently awarded £30,000 damages against Thames Valley Police for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment .
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If anyone prevents you from doing so, you can sue for false imprisonment .
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But she was spared from that ordeal when Anthony Bourgois pleaded guilty to charges of false imprisonment and carrying a knife.
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The boy admitted false imprisonment and wounding.
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An action of damages may be brought for false imprisonment . 3.
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He denies false imprisonment , assault and blackmail.
long
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But this is a case where long imprisonment is needed not just as a punishment, but to protect society.
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Remarkably, he was able to evade long term imprisonment , and made his way to the West.
punishable
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In the armed services homosexuality is still punishable by imprisonment .
wrongful
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The law says 16 years' wrongful imprisonment for murder is worth £100,000 damages.
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Now he is being tried for kidnapping, wrongful imprisonment and bodily injury.
■ NOUN
life
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I mentioned the sentence of life imprisonment and the unlimited fines that are available for crimes involving knives.
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I think life imprisonment with hard labor is really important.
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The changes also included reducing the sentence for security offences from life imprisonment to 10 years.
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Capital prosecutions are hideously expensive; life imprisonment is cheaper and just as effective.
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He appeared once more and was then kept in suspense for months.The Pope eventually decided on life imprisonment .
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The military tribunal had condemned six other officers to life imprisonment .
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In December it was announced that 11 prisoners had been given the death sentence, commuted to life imprisonment .
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Phan Chu Trinh was sentenced to life imprisonment .
■ VERB
commute
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He insisted their sentence should be commuted to life imprisonment .
face
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They faced life imprisonment if convicted.
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If convicted, Kordic faces up to life imprisonment .
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They're warning that traders selling illegal copies face heavy fines and imprisonment .
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If convicted, he faces life imprisonment and a $ 12 million fine.
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Gen Krstic faces life imprisonment if the final verdict, due in the first half of next year, is guilty.
sentence
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Serfaty was sentenced to life imprisonment .
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She was sentenced to three months imprisonment and a dishonorable discharge.
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Spanswick was sentenced to nine months imprisonment suspended for two years with a supervision order attached.
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Seale was found guilty on sixteen counts of contempt and sentenced to four years imprisonment by the judge sitting without a jury.
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Calley, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment , was eventually paroled after having served only three years.
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McEvoy was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment .
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He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment by Mr Justice Jowitt.
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Instead, he complained, he had been brought to court, fined, whipped and sentenced to two months imprisonment .
serve
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Several young whites are already serving terms of imprisonment for refusing to serve.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
false imprisonment/arrest
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An action of damages may be brought for false imprisonment. 3.
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But she was spared from that ordeal when Anthony Bourgois pleaded guilty to charges of false imprisonment and carrying a knife.
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He denies false imprisonment, assault and blackmail.
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If anyone prevents you from doing so, you can sue for false imprisonment.
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Lombardy was stopped and arrested on suspicion of rape by force; rape with a foreign object and false imprisonment.
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The boy admitted false imprisonment and wounding.
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The rest included allegations of wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and loss of property.
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Was recently awarded £30,000 damages against Thames Valley Police for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.
wrongful arrest/conviction/imprisonment/dismissal etc
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All claims by the employee, whether they be for unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal or redundancy are claims against the vendor.
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Every wrongful imprisonment could lead to a civil lawsuit against the city.
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He issued a writ claiming damages for wrongful dismissal.
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Now he is being tried for kidnapping, wrongful imprisonment and bodily injury.
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One point to clear up immediately is the widespread confusion between wrongful dismissal and unfair dismissal.
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So the trial led to the wrongful conviction of Al-Megrahi and the final betrayal of the bereaved families.
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The city is facing many claims for wrongful arrest, totalling millions of dollars.
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What do you stand to gain in a wrongful dismissal case?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Garrison faces life imprisonment for his role in the killings.
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Johnson was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for causing a riot.
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Many women believe that the punishment for rape should be life imprisonment .
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The offence is punishable by either a fine or imprisonment .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A 19 year old female student from Bath University was charged by Essex police with unlawful imprisonment and causing actual bodily harm.
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At his lowest ebb, Macari was threatened with imprisonment and his wife rang friends to secure bail money of £50,000.
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Debt burdens nearly always bring with them a sense of imprisonment .
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In 1922 Hannington received his first term of a month's imprisonment for uttering seditious words.
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On 3 April he was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment suspended for two years and was ordered to pay £1,500 compensation.
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Since his imprisonment , her son has been denied telephone contact with his family, she said.
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Spanswick was sentenced to nine months imprisonment suspended for two years with a supervision order attached.
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The court itself took the point that the committal was invalid and quashed a sentence of 18 months' imprisonment .