imprisonment

/im'priznmənt/

Thân thiện

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of confining someone in a prison or jail: The state or condition of being held in a place of confinement as a form of punishment or restraint.
   • The state of being imprisoned: The condition of losing one's personal liberty and being held captive.

Usage

• Imprisonment is used as a non-count noun to describe the general state or condition of being in prison.
  • The judge sentenced him to life imprisonment.
• It can also be used as a count noun to refer to specific instances or periods of being imprisoned.
  • His many imprisonments did not deter him from his activism.

Examples

• The crime carries a maximum penalty of ten years' imprisonment.
• She fought against the wrongful imprisonment of innocent people.
• The novel explores the psychological effects of long-term imprisonment.

Advanced Usage

• "to be sentenced to imprisonment": to receive a judicial punishment of confinement.
  • The corrupt official was sentenced to five years' imprisonment.
• "false imprisonment": (Legal term) the unlawful restraint of a person's freedom of movement.
  • The store owner was sued for false imprisonment after detaining a suspected shoplifter without cause.

Variants and Related Words

• Imprison (verb): To put or keep someone in prison.
  • The regime imprisoned its political opponents.
• Imprisoned (adjective): Describing someone who is in prison.
  • The imprisoned journalist wrote letters about his experience.

Synonyms

• Incarceration: The state of being confined in prison.
• Confinement: The state of being enclosed or restricted within limits.
• Captivity: The condition of being imprisoned or confined.
• Detention: The act of holding someone in official custody, often for a short period.

Antonyms

• Freedom: The power or right to act, speak, or think without restraint.
• Liberty: The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions.
• Release: The action of setting someone free from confinement.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "a term of imprisonment": A specified period for which someone is sentenced to be in prison.
  • He received a short term of imprisonment for the offense.
• "to face imprisonment": To be at risk of being sent to prison.
  • If convicted, he could face imprisonment.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
2. the state of being imprisoned
   • he was held in captivity until he died
   • the imprisonment of captured soldiers
   • his ignominious incarceration in the local jail
   • he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
3. putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

Từ đồng nghĩa

• internment
• captivity
• incarceration
• immurement