"false imprisonment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: false imprisonments [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} false imprisonment (countable and uncountable, plural false imprisonments)
  1. (law) The intentional restriction of a person's movement within any area without legal authority, justification, or the restrained person's permission. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime, Law Translations (intentional restriction of a person's movement within any area without legal authority): 非法禁錮 (Chinese Cantonese), 非法禁锢 (fei¹ faat³ gam³ gu³) (Chinese Cantonese), 非法拘禁 (fēifǎ jūjìn) (Chinese Mandarin), vapaudenriisto (Finnish), séquestration (French), Freiheitsberaubung (German), cárcere privado [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), encarcelamiento ilegal [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-false_imprisonment-en-noun-nb5yQw42 Categories (other): Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

Inflected forms

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