Meaning

1 senses
  1. A sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of the defendant's life.

    lebenslange Haftstrafe, lebenslänglich

    пожи́зненное заключе́ниеpožíznennoje zaključénije

More definitions
  • a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

Examples

94 sentences
  1. Tom is serving a life sentence.

    Том відбуває довічне ув'язнення. — deniko

    ruТом отбывает пожизненное заключение. — sharptoothed

    deTom sitzt eine lebenslange Freiheitsstrafe ab. — Yorwba

  2. Tom was given a life sentence.

    Тома було засуджено до довічного ув'язнення. — deniko

  3. Tom is facing a life sentence.

    Тому загрожує довічне ув'язнення. — deniko

  4. Tom faces a possible life sentence.

  5. Tom wasn't given a life sentence.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life:

Forms

plural: life sentences
Singularlife sentence
Plurallife sentences

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives:life

Word family

1 related words

See also

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