incarceration
BrE /ɪnˈkɑːsərətʃən/ AmE /ˌɪnkɑːrsəˈreɪʃən/
noun en → es
the act of putting someone in prison or the period of time that a person spends in prison as a punishment for committing a crime
encarcelamiento, prisión
- a period of incarceration
Collocations period of incarceration · time in prison
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He is serving a five-year sentence for his crime.
Está cumpliendo una sentencia de cinco años por su delito.