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arrest, bondage, captivity, career, commitment, confinement, confinement by public authority, confinement in a jail, confinement in a penitentiary, confinement under legal process, constraint, custodia, custodianship, custody, detention, immurement, impoundment, imprisonment, internment, legal restraint, restraint, restriction, restriction on personal liberty, vincula
associated concepts: deterrence, habeas corpus, isolation, parole, rehabilitation, retribution, sentencing
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apprehension (act of arresting), arrest, bondage, captivity, cell, commitment (confinement), constraint (imprisonment), detention, durance, enclosure, fetter, restraint
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment.II Imprisonment in a jail or penitentiary.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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