false imprisonment
: imprisonment of a person contrary to law
Recent Examples on the Web
//Onyekachukwu Chukwuebuk Igwilo, 20, is charged with first-degree rape and false imprisonment, among other charges.
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Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com, "Towson University student accused of rape might have recorded assault, according to court documents," 25 Sep. 2019
//He was ordered held in the Broward County Jail without bond for violating the terms of his pre-trial release on the earlier unrelated charges that included escape, battery on an officer, and false imprisonment, records show.
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Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, "Taxi’s video records cabbie getting shot; gunman was wearing ankle monitor from earlier arrest, cops say," 20 Sep. 2019
//Vincent still faces charges of false imprisonment, attempted robbery and two counts of battery connected to the alleged attack on Kosarian.
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Dominic Fracassa, SFChronicle.com, "Judge rules to keep suspect in Embarcadero attack behind bars," 29 Aug. 2019
//Jerri Kelly, 46, was booked on suspicion of false imprisonment, aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a minor, according to records from the Cross County Sheriff's Department jail — the lockup where her husband works.
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David K. Li, NBC News, "White Arkansas woman charged with pulling gun on black teens fundraising for school," 16 Aug. 2019
//He was originally charged with false imprisonment, two counts of battery against a household member, interference with communication and two misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty, according to court records.
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Madeline Holcombe, CNN, "Man accused of force-feeding meth to his cat," 14 Aug. 2019
//Franklyn Gumbs, of Eatonville faces charges of false imprisonment, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, battery, forcing another into prostitution, among other firearm charges, OCSO records show.
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Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, "Eatonville man accused of kidnapping 2 women, forcing them into prostitution," 9 Aug. 2019
//Kelly, who is married to a county jail administrator, was arrested and charged with four accounts of aggravated assault, false imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a minor, Wynne County police told CBS News Friday.
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Sophie Lewis, CBS News, "Four black teens were fundraising for their high school football team. A white woman held them at gunpoint.," 17 Aug. 2019
//On Monday, Kelly was charged with aggravated assault, false imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a minor.
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Yesha Callahan, Essence, "White Woman Held Black Teens At Gunpoint During Door-to-Door Fundraising," 16 Aug. 2019
First Known Use of false imprisonment
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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