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misimprisonment

misimprisonment noun: wrongful or false imprisonment.

Noun

misimprisonment (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, rare) Wrongful or false imprisonment.
    • Another case of alleged official misimprisonment brings us here this morning.2002, The use of prosecutorial power in the investigation of Joseph Gersten

Origin of misimprisonment

From mis- + imprisonment.

Questions about misimprisonment

What does misimprisonment mean?
Misimprisonment means wrongful or false imprisonment.
What part of speech is misimprisonment?
Misimprisonment is a noun.

Words near misimprisonment in the dictionary

  1. misimpressions
  2. misimprint
  3. misimprinted
  4. misimprinting
  5. misimprints
  6. misimprisonment
  7. misimprove
  8. misimproved
  9. misimprovement
  10. misimprovements
  11. misimproves

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