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false imprisonment

noun

, Law.
  1. the unlawful restraint of a person from exercising the right to freedom of movement.


false imprisonment

noun

  1. law the restraint of a person's liberty without lawful authority
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of false imprisonment1

First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences

Gómez and Barros have been charged with forced slavery, inflicting bodily harm on a child and false imprisonment.

They were all charged with variations of sexual assault and false imprisonment.

The law punishes false imprisonment as a crime; the person unlawfully imprisoned also has a civil action for damages.

He also began actions for false imprisonment against the two secretaries of state.

A test suit is pending against Judge Cornell for false imprisonment, brought by one of the shirt-waist strikers.

We desired him, then, that he would do us justice for our false imprisonment which we had suffered nine weeks wrongfully.

The law punishes false imprisonment as a crime, besides giving reparation to the party injured, through an action of trespass.

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