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false imprisonment vs imprisonment

imprisonment vs false imprisonment

false imprisonment and imprisonment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
false imprisonment Yes No No No
imprisonment Yes No No No
As nouns, imprisonment is a hypernym of false imprisonment; that is, imprisonment is a word with a broader meaning than false imprisonment:
  • false imprisonment: (law) confinement without legal authority
  • imprisonment: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
Other hypernyms of false imprisonment include internment.
false imprisonment (noun) imprisonment (noun)
(law) confinement without legal authority the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
the state of being imprisoned
Difference between false imprisonment and imprisonment

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