Examples of false imprisonment in a Sentence
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In 2013, their Atlanta neighbors called the police after hearing the couple fighting, and Chambers was arrested for domestic battery and false imprisonment.
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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
He has now been charged with domestic violence by strangulation, false imprisonment, robbery, harassing a victim and cocaine possession among other charges, according to court records reviewed by PEOPLE.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
Related article Questions remain in investigation of death of Augusta University student found on UGA campus
The suspect in her killing, Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, has since been charged with felony murder, false imprisonment and kidnapping and concealing the death of another, jail records show.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
Quinn and Huskins sued the city of Vallejo in September 2015 for false imprisonment, defamation, false arrest and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
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
He has now been charged with domestic violence by strangulation, false imprisonment, robbery, harassing a victim and cocaine possession among other charges, according to court records reviewed by PEOPLE.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
Related article Questions remain in investigation of death of Augusta University student found on UGA campus
The suspect in her killing, Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, has since been charged with felony murder, false imprisonment and kidnapping and concealing the death of another, jail records show.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
Quinn and Huskins sued the city of Vallejo in September 2015 for false imprisonment, defamation, false arrest and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
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“False imprisonment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/false%20imprisonment. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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