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Life imprisonment   /laɪf ɪmprˈɪzənmənt/   Listen
Life imprisonment

noun
1.
A sentence of imprisonment until death.





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"Life imprisonment" Quotes from Famous Books



... such a criminal. In the year 1814, I condemned a young man to life imprisonment and the heavens did not fall; I rose step by step, and for twenty-five years was looked upon as an honorable official whose reputation was above suspicion, although in my own heart I knew I was a rogue. But the man I thought had rotted ...
— The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2) • Alexandre Dumas pere


Words linked to "Life imprisonment" :   imprisonment, immurement, captivity, incarceration


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