"prison sentence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prison sentences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} prison sentence (plural prison sentences)
  1. (law) Confinement in prison as punishment for a crime. Categories (topical): Directives, Law Translations (confinement in prison): vankeusrangaistus (Finnish), vankilatuomio (Finnish), Haftstrafe [feminine] (German), Freiheitsstrafe [feminine] (German), Gefängnisstrafe [feminine] (German), cezayê zindanê (Northern Kurdish), carchariad [masculine] (Welsh), penyd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-prison_sentence-en-noun-VQM8ADiJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

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