imprisonment

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noun

1. putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment (Freq. 3)
• Derivationally related forms:
imprison
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
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
• Syn:
captivity, incarceration, immurement
• Derivationally related forms:
immure (for: immurement), incarcerate (for: incarceration), imprison, captive (for: captivity)
• Hypernyms:
confinement
• Hyponyms:
durance, life imprisonment, internment
3. the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
• Syn:
internment
• Derivationally related forms:
intern (for: internment), imprison
• Hypernyms:
confinement
• Hyponyms:
lockdown, false imprisonment, custody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  internment, captivity, incarceration, immurement