Examples of false imprisonment in a Sentence
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Lewis was not allowed to possess guns due to two felony convictions, for assault in 2021 and false imprisonment earlier this year.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
He was sent to the Soledad prison in 2015, and was serving a 14-year sentence for false imprisonment and inflicting a physical injury on another person.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Charges of false imprisonment and assault against Strahinja Jokic were also dropped as part of the plea agreement in that 2019 case.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
Two other charges, strangulation and false imprisonment, were dismissed, but can be considered at sentencing.
—Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
He was sent to the Soledad prison in 2015, and was serving a 14-year sentence for false imprisonment and inflicting a physical injury on another person.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Charges of false imprisonment and assault against Strahinja Jokic were also dropped as part of the plea agreement in that 2019 case.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
Two other charges, strangulation and false imprisonment, were dismissed, but can be considered at sentencing.
—Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for false imprisonment
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“False imprisonment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/false%20imprisonment. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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