Synonyms for false imprisonment


Grammar : Noun


Définition of false imprisonment

  • noun unjustifiable imprisonment
Example sentences :
  • You shall have an action for false imprisonment, and make a profit of this, yet.
  • Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
  • Why does not this persecuted man bring his action for false imprisonment?
  • Extract from : « The Trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D. Charged with Publishing and Circulating Seditious and Incendiary Papers, &c. in the District of Columbia, with the Intent of Exciting Servile Insurrection. » by Unknown
  • I bade him do me justice for my false imprisonment all this while; for what had I been imprisoned so long for?
  • Extract from : « George Fox » by George Fox
  • Mr. Charrington would have his legal remedy for false imprisonment.
  • Extract from : « The Great Acceptance » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
  • "So is false accusation, and so is false imprisonment," said Hardie bitterly.
  • Extract from : « Hard Cash » by Charles Reade
  • False Imprisonment, the unlawful imprisonment or detention of any person.
  • Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia » by Various
  • But he may sue you for false imprisonment, kidnapping, or—or something.
  • Extract from : « The Pride of Palomar » by Peter B. Kyne
  • The liberty of the citizen, and false imprisonment were discanted on in a loud and moving manner.
  • Extract from : « A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. » by Benjamin Waterhouse
  • Three long years of false imprisonment does not satisfy this lust for power to oppress the helpless.
  • Extract from : « Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity » by Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
  • And you'll keep Worth Gilbert in jail, run the risk of a suit for false imprisonment—on that!
  • Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan

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