From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishimprisonmentim‧pris‧on‧ment /ɪmˈprɪzənmənt/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]KEEP/STOREthe state of being in prison, or the time someone spends there
They were sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment.life imprisonmentExamples from the Corpusimprisonment• Since his imprisonment, her son has been deniedtelephonecontact with his family, she said.• Garrison faces life imprisonment for his role in the killings.• The court itself took the point that the committal was invalid and quashed a sentence of 18 months' imprisonment.• On 3 April he was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonmentsuspended for two years and was ordered to pay £1,500 compensation.• Spanswick was sentenced to nine months imprisonment suspended for two years with a supervision order attached.• Debtburdens nearly always bring with them a sense of imprisonment.• The offence is punishable by either a fine or imprisonment.• In 1922 Hannington received his first term of a month's imprisonment for uttering seditious words.• A 19 year old female student from BathUniversity was charged by Essex police with unlawfulimprisonment and causing actualbodilyharm.• At his lowestebb, Macari was threatened with imprisonment and his wiferang friends to securebail money of £50,000.• Johnson was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for causing a riot.life imprisonment• Capitalprosecutions are hideously expensive; life imprisonment is cheaper and just as effective.• Corelli could face life imprisonment.• If convicted, he faces life imprisonment and a $ 12 million fine.• The trialjudge, Caulfield J., imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.• The bishops said life imprisonment without parole should be the maximumpunishmentmeted out by the state.• I think life imprisonment with hard labor is really important.• Calley, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, was eventually paroled after having served only three years.• Serfaty was sentenced to life imprisonment.
