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confinement
noun as in imprisonment; restriction
Example Sentences
Reports said she had been held in solitary confinement in Tehran's notorious Evin prison.
She is now reportedly being held in solitary confinement in Teheran's Evin prison.
He says he was then put in solitary confinement for three days and beaten.
Chora Media said in a separate statement that Ms Sala was being held in solitary confinement at the Evin prison in Tehran and that no reason had been given for her detention.
It was known as “the third degree” and involved tactics that today would be considered torture: brutal beatings; deprivation of food, water, sleep and toilets; prolonged confinement.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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