confinement
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a situation in which someone is forced to stay in a place, especially a prison, and not allowed to leave
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a situation in which someone is forced to stay in a place, especially a prison, and not allowed to leave
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the practice of moving prisoners from one state to another in a way that is illegal, often so that they can be questioned and hurt to make them give information
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very hard physical work that some people have to do when they are in prison as a punishment
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the punishment of being put into prison. The punishment of life imprisonment means that someone will be kept in prison for many years, possibly until they die
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the situation of being in prison, or of being in a place or situation that you cannot escape from
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the act of putting someone in a prison without officially accusing them of a crime, especially when this is done for political reasons
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a punishment given by a judge, usually involving a period of time that a person must spend in prison
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a punishment in which a prisoner is kept alone, separate from other prisoners
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in the past, the process of moving a prisoner to a different place or country, especially as a punishment
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