Definitions
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
Word origin
From Anglo-Norman emprisonement, from Old French emprisonnement. See imprison + -ment.
Used in a sentence
“His sinews woxen weake and raw / Through long emprisonment and hard constraint.”
“Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by forcibly detaining one in the public streets.”
“Human rights organisations say many experience imprisonment and beatings along the way.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Jail time”12 letters
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