Noun
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the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
"he served a prison term of 15 months"
"his sentence was 5 to 10 years"
"he is doing time in the county jail"
- prison term -
(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
"the conviction came as no surprise"
- judgment of conviction -
a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
"he always spoke in grammatical sentences"
Verb
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pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
"He was condemned to ten years in prison"