threat of imprisonment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofthreatandimprisonment
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threat
noun[C]
uk/θret/us/θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
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imprisonment
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪmˈprɪz.ən.mənt/us/ɪmˈprɪz.ən.mənt/
the act of putting someone in prison or the condition of being kept ...
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(Definition ofthreatandimprisonmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The power of informal judicial pressure - together with the ominousthreatofimprisonment, suspension, and possible deprivation - should not be underestimated.
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At the present time there is no illegality of any sort or kind, orthreatofimprisonment.
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Thethreatofimprisonmentis used against such defaulters only as a last resort, when other methods of enforcement have failed or cannot be used.
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They were cleared overnight by thethreatofimprisonmenton a second conviction.
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I do not believe that thethreatofimprisonmentdeters these people in the slightest.
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How much does thethreatofimprisonmentdeter?
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However much it may be used as a sanction, it cannot be so severe a sanction as thethreatofimprisonment.
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The likelihood of arrest and thethreatofimprisonmentdeter many people from crime.
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They have several methods open to them, including thethreatofimprisonmentand distress upon goods.
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Many people are discouraged from crime because of thethreatofimprisonment.
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Thethreatofimprisonmentmay, in certain circumstances, deter some girls, but not in other circumstances.
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I should emphasise that in the vast majority of cases, thethreatofimprisonmentis enough.
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I firmly believe that thethreatofimprisonmenthas a deterring effect.
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We regard forming cartels as very serious offences, and thethreatofimprisonmentis important to deterring them.
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Everyone must be able to express his or her political opinions freely and without thethreatofimprisonment.
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Breach of contract of employment is a civil wrong which cannot possibly be met bythreatofimprisonment.
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Probation officers themselves say that thethreatofimprisonmentwill not make girls more likely to accept probation.
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Thethreatofimprisonmentis also necessary if victims are to be properly protected.
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You are not punishing a man for his crime or holding athreatofimprisonmentover him for his crime.
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Thethreatofimprisonmentis merely held over him and is not usually imposed by the courts except as a last desperate resort.
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