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Discover LudwigThe phrase "imprisonment by" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used to describe the act of being put in prison or captivity by someone or something. Example: The thief was sentenced to five years imprisonment by the judge.
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Gambira reportedly protested his imprisonment by organizing chanting with other imprisoned monks, boycotting his trial, and going on hunger strike.
But it also implies imprisonment by stereotype.
Imprisonment by itself is not necessarily a bad experience.
Lawyers for the men called that accusation "imprisonment by defamation".
Meiwes was sentenced to life imprisonment by a German court in 2006.
In 1946 he was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment by the International Military Tribunal at Nürnberg.
Hindley's situation had changed from rightful punishment for heinous crimes to wrongful imprisonment "by popular demand".
Ferdinand VII, on his return in 1814 from imprisonment by Napoleon, bestowed the title of "heroic" upon the city.
Imprisonment by lettre de cachet remained, however, in force, and prohibited books were also placed in the Bastille.
He survived imprisonment by Franco in the 1960s, to see fascism fall in Spain and self-government return to Catalonia.
For Sikhs, Diwali commemorates the release of Guru Hargobind from imprisonment by the Mughal emperor Jahāngīr in Gwalior.
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