prison sentence

English

Noun

prison sentence (plural prison sentences)

1. (law) Confinement in prison as punishment for a crime.

   Synonym: jail sentence

Translations

confinement in prison

• Dutch: gevangenisstraf (nl) f, celstraf (nl) f
• Finnish: vankeusrangaistus (fi), vankilatuomio (fi)
• French: peine de prison f
• German: Haftstrafe (de) f, Freiheitsstrafe (de) f, Gefängnisstrafe (de) f
• Italian: pena detentiva f
• Northern Kurdish: cezayê zindanê
• Polish: wyrok więzienia m, kara więzienia f, więzienie (pl) n
• Welsh: carchariad (cy) m, penyd m

Further reading

• “prison sentence”, in Collins English Dictionary.