prison term
Noun
Meaning
the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
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Examples
he served a prison term of 15 months
his sentence was 5 to 10 years
he is doing time in the county jail
Aaron Hernandez, 26, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Hernandez to the 108-month prison term on Wednesday.
After a one-year prison term the high-ranking members of the union were offered one way trips to any country accepting them (including Canada, the United States, and nations in the Middle East).
A man, who forged his own death certificate to evade repaying a huge loan to a bank, was handed a five-year prison term on Sunday by the Court of First Instance.