false imprisonment

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false imprisonment

noun false imprisonments

  1. countable, uncountable The intentional restriction of a person's movement within any area without legal authority, justification, or the restrained person's permission.

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noun intentional restriction of a person's movement within any area without legal authority

Españolencarcelamiento ilegal
中文非法拘禁 fēifǎ jūjìn
Portuguêscárcere privado
Françaisséquestration
DeutschFreiheitsberaubung

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@misc{false_imprisonment_2026,
  title = {false imprisonment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/false%20imprisonment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}