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emprisonnement — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • entrapment noun The act of luring someone, especially by police, into committing a crime so they can be arrested for it.
  • imprisonment noun The state of being confined in prison, or a sentence involving such confinement.

Senses

emprisonnement is used for these senses in English:

  • entrapment The state of being entrapped.
  • imprisonment A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.

entrapment — full definition

  1. noun The act of luring someone, especially by police, into committing a crime so they can be arrested for it.
  2. noun The state of being trapped.

Related French words