false imprisonment
/fɔls_ɪm'prɪzənmənt/
Definition that contains false imprisonment
- kidnapping (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
- snatch (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
- dreyfus French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)
- alfred dreyfus French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)