imprisonment

in Vietnamese Tù giam, án tù

BrE /ɪmˈprɪsəmənt/ AmE /ɪmˈprɪzəmənt/

noun en → vi

1 PUNISHMENT [singular] B2

Tù giam, án tù

the state of being kept in prison as a punishment for breaking the law

  • a period of imprisonment

Collocations sentence of imprisonment · term of imprisonment

  • He was sentenced to a year's imprisonment.

    Ông ta bị kết án tù một năm.