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as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined
the offense is punishable by a fine or imprisonment
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as in incarceration
the state of being held in lawful custody
the long years of imprisonment had taken their toll on his mind and spirit as well as his body
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Learn more about some of the best new discoveries: 4-foot-long predator, kept in captivity for over a decade, discovered as new species In Ethiopia, a 4-foot-long snake known as Broadley’s African house snake was identified as a new species after being kept in captivity for years.—
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Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Amir Levy / Getty Images Seven U.S. citizens remain in Hamas' captivity, with three confirmed to be dead in addition to Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, whose body was recovered last year by Israeli forces.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC News,
16 Jan. 2025
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He was sentenced to seven days’ incarceration at a DUI education center, two years’ probation, a $350 fine and payment of court fees.—
Nardine Saad,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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After her two months of incarceration, Hemphill got out and immediately created a place on X Spaces, previously known as Twitter Spaces, for those involved in the Capitol riot.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Jan. 2025
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China's ongoing crackdown in Xinjiang has elicited condemnation from the U.S. and a number of its allies, which accuse the People's Republic of indiscriminately detaining Uyghurs in mass internment camps.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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The film also recounts how his father paved the way in making films about the Japanese internment camp experience.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Instead, waves of migration over generations would reshape South Florida and U.S. immigration detention policies, with a brain drain also flowing into New York, Canada, and most recently, Brazil, Chile and Mexico.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Between October 2023 and September 2024, ICE officers had a daily average arrest rate of 310 and a detention rate of 409.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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He was convicted of a drug offense in 1994 and served eight years in prison.—
Colleen Long,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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People was sentenced to 111 years in prison for robbing banks in Indiana, and had already served more than two decades in prison.—
Luke Garrett,
NPR,
19 Jan. 2025
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Some of those actions don’t fall under the CRA, including Biden’s sweeping order to grant clemency to nearly 1,500 Americans released from prison and placed on home confinement during the pandemic.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
8 Jan. 2025
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Stewart donned the status symbol to her trial for lying during an insider-trading investigation, at which she was convicted and sentenced to a five-month stint in prison followed by home confinement.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Imprisonment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprisonment. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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