Example sentences from the Web for life imprisonment

Life-imprisonment, under the highest moral influences, becomes life-long by and only by the continued resistance of the criminal.
A Plea for the Criminal|James Leslie Allan Kayll
Life-imprisonment has taken its place; without pardoning power anywhere, even when the plea of insanity has been sustained.
1931: A Glance at the Twentieth Century|Henry Hartshorne
Kolya, because of extreme youth, was punished by life-imprisonment.
Atlantic Narratives|Mary Antin
To make such a concession was to pass upon it a sentence of life-imprisonment!
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair

Why should not the life-imprisonment of the heretic safeguard the faithful as well as his death?
Medival Heresy and the Inquisition|A. S. Turberville

life imprisonment

noun

(in Britain) an indeterminate sentence always given for murder and as a maximum sentence in several other crimes. There is no remission, although the Home Secretary may order the prisoner's release on licence

Words nearby life imprisonment

life-giving, lifeguard, Life Guards, lifehack, life history, life imprisonment, life instinct, life insurance, life interest, Life is short; art is long, life is too short

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	life imprisonment
释义	Example sentences from the Web for life imprisonment Life-imprisonment, under the highest moral influences, becomes life-long by and only by the continued resistance of the criminal. A Plea for the Criminal\|James Leslie Allan Kayll Life-imprisonment has taken its place; without pardoning power anywhere, even when the plea of insanity has been sustained. 1931: A Glance at the Twentieth Century\|Henry Hartshorne Kolya, because of extreme youth, was punished by life-imprisonment. Atlantic Narratives\|Mary Antin To make such a concession was to pass upon it a sentence of life-imprisonment! Love's Pilgrimage\|Upton Sinclair Why should not the life-imprisonment of the heretic safeguard the faithful as well as his death? Medival Heresy and the Inquisition\|A. S. Turberville life imprisonment noun (in Britain) an indeterminate sentence always given for murder and as a maximum sentence in several other crimes. There is no remission, although the Home Secretary may order the prisoner's release on licence Words nearby life imprisonment life-giving, lifeguard, Life Guards, lifehack, life history, life imprisonment, life instinct, life insurance, life interest, Life is short; art is long, life is too short Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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