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nounConfinement in prison as punishment for a crime.
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Dutch gevangenisstraf, celstraf
- gevangenisstrafconfinement in prison
- celstrafconfinement in prison
Finnish vankeusrangaistus, vankilatuomio
- vankeusrangaistusconfinement in prison
- vankilatuomioconfinement in prison
French peine de prison
- peine de prisonconfinement in prison
German Haftstrafe, Freiheitsstrafe
- Haftstrafeconfinement in prison
- Freiheitsstrafeconfinement in prison
- Gefängnisstrafeconfinement in prison
Italian pena detentiva
- pena detentivaconfinement in prison
Polish wyrok więzienia, kara więzienia
- wyrok więzieniaconfinement in prison
- kara więzieniaconfinement in prison
- więzienieconfinement in prison
Welsh carchariad, penyd
- carchariadconfinement in prison
- penydconfinement in prison
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APA
prison sentence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prison%20sentence
MLA
“prison sentence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prison%20sentence. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prison sentence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prison%20sentence.
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