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(verb) pronounce a sentence on, in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" |
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Synonyms: condemn, doom |
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Related Words: court-martial, declare, foredoom |
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(noun) a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences" |
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Related Words: complex sentence, compound sentence, declarative sentence, declaratory sentence, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence, linguistic string, question, run-on sentence, string, string of words, topic sentence, word string |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: prison term, time |
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Related Words: hard time, term |
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(noun) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise" |
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Synonyms: conviction, judgment of conviction |
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Related Words: final decision, final judgment, murder conviction, rape conviction, robbery conviction |
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