| Definition of 'imprisonment' |
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1. (noun) imprisonment
putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
2. (noun) captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement
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. (noun) imprisonment, internment
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
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Sense: to put in prison; to take or keep prisoner
He was imprisoned for twenty years for his crimes.
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 Afrikaans: gevangenskap |
 Arabic: سَجْن |
 Bulgarian: затваряне |
 Brazilian: prisão |
 Czech: uvěznění |
 German: die Haft |
 Danish: fængsling; fangenskab |
 Greek: φυλάκιση |
 Spanish: encarcelamiento |
 Estonian: vangistus |
 Farsi: حبس |
 Finnish: vankeus |
 French: emprisonnement |
 Hebrew: מַאֲסָר |
 Hindi: कैद |
 Croatian: utamničenje, zatvor |
 Hungarian: bebörtönzés |
 Indonesian: pengurungan |
 Icelandic: fangelsun; fangelsisvist |
 Italian: imprigionamento |
 Japanese: 投獄 |
 Korean: 투옥 |
 Lithuanian: įkalinimas |
 Latvian: ieslodzījums cietumā |
 Malay: pemenjaraan |
 Dutch: gevangenneming, gevangens |
 Norwegian: fengsling, fangenskap |
 Polish: uwięzienie |
 Persian: حبس |
 Pashto: بند، حبس |
 Portuguese: prisão |
 Romanian: întemniţare |
 Russian: тюремное заключение |
 Slovak: uväznenie, väzenie |
 Slovenian: zapor |
 Serbian: zatvor |
 Swedish: fängslande, fångenskap |
 Thai: การจำคุก |
 Turkish: hapis, hapsetme |
 Taiwanese: 監禁 |
 Ukrainian: ув'язнення |
 Urdu: قید |
 Vietnamese: sự bỏ tù |
 Chinese: 关押 |
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