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imprisonment
noun as in forcible detention
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Weak match
noun as in placing in forcible detention
Strongest match
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- capturing
- confining
- detaining
- immuring
- imprisoning
- incarcerating
- locking up
- quarantining
Example Sentences
In an interview with BBC Radio 4 for the series earlier this week, Mr Ratcliffe recalled the "disorientation" and "trauma" of his wife's imprisonment.
For his crimes, an American military court sentenced Giesler to life imprisonment, but his sentence was repeatedly trimmed before he was set free in October 1952.
Colin Bartlett was sentenced to 24 months' imprisonment and Lee Bartlett for 18 months' imprisonment, both suspended for two years.
A judge in Santa Barbara County Superior Court has dismissed a felony false imprisonment charge against Ashlee Buzzard, the county district attorney said in a statement.
Her husband, John Barker Church, had fled England to escape imprisonment for bankruptcy and assumed the name of Carter.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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