Vocabulary
Imprisonment
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the state of being imprisoned; captivity.
Urdu meaning
قید کرنا، جیل میں ڈالنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Islamabad Police, however, took a rather dim view, nabbing him af ter a manhunt and charging the man with disobeying an official order, attempting `wrongful restraint` and `attempting a crime punishable with life imprisonment or less`.
Dawn Editorials —
Loose lips
— 2026-04-26
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Seventeen years of rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs36 million is preposterous and sheer vendetta.
Dawn Editorials —
A call to conscience
— 2026-04-10
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Asiya Andrabi, who founded the rights group Dukhtaran-i-Millat in occupied Kashmir, has been sentenced to life imprisonment together with two other women.
Dawn Editorials —
Silencing Muslims
— 2026-03-27
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Recent changes to the Afghan penal code afford better protections to animals than women: the punishment for beating a wife until her wounds are is 15 days` imprisonment, while that for making birds or animals fight is five months.
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Humanitarian factor
— 2026-03-02
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Their punishment: rigorous imprisonment for five years and a fine of Rs5m each for the first charge; 10 years and Rs30m each for the second; and two years and Rsim each for the third.
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No dissent
— 2026-01-25
Synonyms
incarceration,captivity, internment,detention, confinement, custody
Curator example
“he was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment”
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