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What does imprisonment mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word imprisonment? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.
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In Italy he was convicted in his absence of aggravated fraud and sentenced to imprisonment and to a fine.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment at Fort Jefferson, a huge fort in the Dry Tortugas, islands 70 miles off the Florida keys.
The mood was jubilant and Edith thought that her exile and imprisonment were finally over.
In any jurisdiction in the country, aiding and abetting a felony is a crime, subject to prosecution, trial, and imprisonment.
At my hearing, I was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment in a maximum security jail.
A 1923 French law increased penalties for abortion to imprisonment for abortionists and their clients.

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