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imprisonment for life


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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
im•pris•on /ɪmˈprɪzən/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object]
  1. to confine in a prison:They imprisoned him in a dark dungeon.
im•pris•on•ment, n. [uncountable]Imprisonment seemed so cruel.[countable]an imprisonment of a few years.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
im•pris•on  (im priz′ən),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to confine in or as if in a prison.
  • Old French enprisoner, equivalent. to en- en-1 + prison prison + -er infinitive suffix
  • Middle English enprisonen 1250–1300
im•pris′on•a•ble, adj. 
im•pris′on•er, n. 
im•pris′on•ment, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged incarcerate, jail, restrain.

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