prison sentence

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prison sentence

noun prison sentences

Confinement in prison as punishment for a crime.
Similar: jail sentence

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noun confinement in prison

Français	peine de prison
Deutsch	Haftstrafe, Freiheitsstrafe, Gefängnisstrafe
Italiano	pena detentiva

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@misc{prison_sentence_2026,
  title = {prison sentence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prison%20sentence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}