prison time

noun

: the time someone spends in prison

Examples of prison time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The remaining prison time would serve as a potential penalty for any violations during a five-year period of probation. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

Federal violations can carry significant fines and prison time. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Prosecutors asked the judge to send Diamantis to prison for 10 to 12 years, while Pattis argued in court documents for a sentence that included no prison time but strict conditions of release. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

The defense argued that few defendants prosecuted in the nursing-school cases had voluntarily surrendered anything approaching that amount and that Singhal should consider the payment in deciding how much prison time to impose. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

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