prison time

noun

: the time someone spends in prison

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The bookish Scully pursued years of appeals options, before resigning himself to serving prison time. John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025 Crespo was sentenced to more prison time than the distribution ring’s leader, Jorge Diaz Gutierrez, who was like a father figure to Crespo. Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025 Wright, after three years of facing the possibility of prison time, was now a free man. Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025 But patriarch Samuel prefers to remain off camera, already embarrassed after being forced to give up his medical practice after getting prison time for health care fraud. Stephen Saito, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prison time

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“Prison time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20time. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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