"life imprisonment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: life imprisonments [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} life imprisonment (usually uncountable, plural life imprisonments)
  1. The state of being imprisoned for the rest of one's life. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Prison Translations (state of being imprisoned): 終身監禁 (Chinese Mandarin), 终身监禁 (zhōngshēn jiānjìn) (Chinese Mandarin), 無期徒刑 (Chinese Mandarin), 无期徒刑 (wúqī túxíng, wúqí túxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), levenslange gevangenisstraf [feminine] (Dutch), levenslang (Dutch), elinkautinen vankeus (Finnish), elinkautinen (Finnish), án tù chung thân (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-life_imprisonment-en-noun-fDgmRBqr Disambiguation of Prison: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'state of being imprisoned': 94 6
  2. (Malaysia) a sentence of imprisonment for 30 years. Tags: Malaysia, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Prison
    Sense id: en-life_imprisonment-en-noun-4FjjdkjY Disambiguation of Prison: 54 46 Categories (other): Malaysian English

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