life imprisonmentnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌlaɪf ɪmˈprɪz.ən.mənt/us/ˌlaɪf ɪmˈprɪz.ən.mənt/informal lifethe punishment of being put in prison for a very long time without an arranged time for release or, in the US, until death
See also
life sentence
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom
- bang
- bang sb up
- bar
- behind bars idiom
- bird
- hold
- immured
- imprison
- incarcerate
- internment
- jail
- lock
- pen
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc. idiom
- send
- send sb down
- serve
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