imprisonment
pronunciation
How to pronounce imprisonment in British English:
UK [ɪmˈprɪznmənt]
How to pronounce imprisonment in American English:
US [ɪmˈprɪznmənt]
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- Noun:
- putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
- the state of being imprisoned
- the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
Word Origin
- imprisonment (n.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French emprisonement, Old French emprisonement (13c.), from emprisoner (see imprison).
Example
- 1. If convicted of murder fritzl faces life imprisonment .
- 2. Yahoo had turned over data that led to the imprisonment of several chinese activists .
- 3. Then the sun broke out from behind a cloudfree at last from its dark imprisonment .
- 4. Private homosexual acts between consenting adults are punishable with up to 5 years imprisonment .
- 5. He was sentenced to life imprisonment .