Noun
(law) confinement without legal authority
Source: WordNetBAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KFSN) -- Bakersfield Police arrested 48-year-old Nassef Ragheb for stalking, prowling, peeping into a residence, burglary, false imprisonment and sexual battery. Source: Internet
Examples include false imprisonment, the tort of unlawfully arresting or detaining someone, and defamation (in some jurisdictions split into libel and slander ), where false information is broadcast and damages the plaintiff's reputation. Source: Internet
Sexual assault Two lawsuits accusing Choudhury of rape were filed in May 2013, in which a Jane Doe alleges sexual battery, false imprisonment, discrimination, harassment, and other counts in addition to the rape allegation. Source: Internet
For the most part, the jury believed Marcus and rejected the long list of charges the prosecutor had thrown at the teen—rape, sexual battery, false imprisonment, and aggravated assault. Source: Internet
King was arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in March 2016 and charged with two counts of theft by extortion, two counts of false imprisonment under the color of legal process and violation of oath by an officer. Source: Internet
Darius Rashawn Hunt was indicted on three counts of aggravated assault and one count each for robbery by force, false imprisonment, and entering an automobile. Source: Internet