prison term

collocation in English

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prison
noun
uk
/ˈprɪz.ən/us
/ˈprɪz.ən/
a building where criminals are forced to live as ...
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term
noun
uk
/tɜːm/us
/tɝːm/
the fixed period of time that something ...
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(Definition ofprisonandtermfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprison term

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Or they would be sentenced to aprisontermbut continue with their business on release.
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Simple felonies were generally punished by transportation of seven years or a shortprisonterm.
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Could they face aprisonterminstead?
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The amount of suffering was conceptualized as a combination of the length of theprisontermand the harshness of the prison regime.
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It is additional to, not part of, theprisonterm.
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He received a suspendedprisontermof two years.
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The most serious offences, including dumping toxic waste, can result in aprisonterm.
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It would carry aprisontermnot exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £2,000.
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It provides a toughprisonterm, but defrauding the state is a serious offence.
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At present, only the whole of a sentence can be suspended, otherwise a fullprisontermhas to be imposed.
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Many scheduled offences carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment and most others carry a lengthyprisonterm.
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Where copyright infringement is a criminal offence the penalties for such infringement should include a shortprisonterm.
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That means a three-yearprisontermfor rural communities, with no escape and no time off for good behaviour.
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His continuing testimony delayed hisprisonterm.
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He became friends with many people during hisprisonterm.
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Natale was sentenced to a 90-dayprisonterm.
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To avoid servingprisonterm, he went into hiding.
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This misdemeanor charge carried aprisontermof six months.
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Although several escaped, most served a one-yearprisonterm.
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His death sentence was later commuted to aprisonterm.
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He is currently serving a 25-50 yearprisonterm.
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His faith sustains him through hisprisonterm.
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He was then given the six-yearprisonterm.
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He is found guilty and sentenced to aprisonterm.
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He was sentenced to a 15-yearprisonterm.
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