Examples of false imprisonment in a Sentence
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He was arrested in August 2022 on a slew of charges that include burglary, assault and false imprisonment, after his ex accused him of breaking into her home, slapping her and pointing a gun at several people.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
The 54-year-old was charged with rape, forcible oral copulation, robbery, false imprisonment, and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury.
—City News Service, Orange County Register, 20 Feb. 2025
Tyler Richard Lewis, 39, was sentenced through a plea deal that required him to accept convictions for voluntary manslaughter, assault and false imprisonment in exchange for prosecutors dropping a murder charge.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
Francis was facing a wave of significant legal pushback to his media venture at the time, including lawsuits in several states accusing the mogul of racketeering, child prostitution, false imprisonment, tax evasion, and more.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
The 54-year-old was charged with rape, forcible oral copulation, robbery, false imprisonment, and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury.
—City News Service, Orange County Register, 20 Feb. 2025
Tyler Richard Lewis, 39, was sentenced through a plea deal that required him to accept convictions for voluntary manslaughter, assault and false imprisonment in exchange for prosecutors dropping a murder charge.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
Francis was facing a wave of significant legal pushback to his media venture at the time, including lawsuits in several states accusing the mogul of racketeering, child prostitution, false imprisonment, tax evasion, and more.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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“False imprisonment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/false%20imprisonment. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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