Im·pris·on ment n. The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint.
His sinews waxen weak and raw
Through long imprisonment and hard constraint. --Spenser.
Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public streets. --Blackstone.
False imprisonment. Law See under False.
Syn: -- Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance; restraint.
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