imprisonment

Noun
  1. Putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment (synset 101164866)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment - the act of punishing
  2. The state of being imprisoned (synset 114022691)
    "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"
    is a type of: confinement - the state of being confined
    subtypes:
    same as: captivity, immurement, incarceration
  3. The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) (synset 101149281)
    is a type of: confinement - the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
    subtypes:
    • lockdown - the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)
    • false imprisonment - (law) confinement without legal authority
    • custody - holding by the police
    same as: internment

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