Usually means: Unlawful confinement of a person.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. false imprisonment: Merriam-Webster
  2. false imprisonment: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. false imprisonment: Collins English Dictionary
  4. false imprisonment: Vocabulary.com
  5. false imprisonment: Wordnik
  6. false imprisonment: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. false imprisonment: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. false imprisonment: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. false imprisonment: Dictionary.com
  10. False imprisonment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. false imprisonment: Rhymezone
  12. false imprisonment: FreeDictionary.org
  13. false imprisonment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. false imprisonment: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. false imprisonment: Wiktionary

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. false imprisonment: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. false imprisonment: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  7. False Imprisonment: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. false imprisonment: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. false imprisonment: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (false imprisonment)

noun:  (law) The intentional restriction of a person's movement within any area without legal authority, justification, or the restrained person's permission.

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