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(law) confinement without legal authority

: the imprisonment of a person contrary of law; also : any lawful interference with another's right of free location

the unlawful restraint of a person from exercising the right to freedom of movement.

[1760-70]

false imprisonment noun

Illegal detention by force or influence

Main Entry: ↑false

false imprisonment UK US noun [uncountable] legal

the crime of preventing someone from leaving a place when you have no legal right to do this

Thesaurus: miscellaneous crimes_hyponym general words for crimes_synonym

false imprisonment,

Law. the restraint or imprisonment of a person contrary to law.

ˌfalse imˈprisonment f59 [false imprisonment] noun uncountable (law)

the crime of illegally keeping sb as a prisoner somewhere