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Examples of false imprisonment in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The charges ranged from unlawful assembly to conspiracy to commit a crime to false imprisonment.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
As a result, Stewart said, Rosario was considering suing the Marines for false imprisonment.
—Bill Feather, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
Quinn and Huskins reportedly settled with the city of Vallejo in 2018 for $2.5 million after suing three years earlier for false imprisonment, defamation, false arrest and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
In 2013, their Atlanta neighbors called the police after hearing the couple fighting, and Chambers was arrested for domestic battery and false imprisonment.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2024
But last July, the brothers filed a civil lawsuit against two women involved in the Romanian case, along with some of their outcry witnesses, for various allegations of conspiracy, defamation and false imprisonment.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024
He has been charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment and statutory rape.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
He was arrested and booked on suspicion of kidnapping, false imprisonment and statutory rape.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The suspect, Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, of Athens, was charged in Riley’s killing with felony murder, false imprisonment, kidnapping and concealing the death of another and was denied bond Saturday morning, Athens-Clarke County jail records show.
—CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of false imprisonment was
in the 14th century
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“False imprisonment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/false%20imprisonment. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
Legal Definition
false imprisonment
noun
: the tort of intentionally restraining another by physical force or the threat of physical force without privilege or authority see also false arrest at arrest
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