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life sentence

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Noun1.life sentence - a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives; "he got life for killing the guard"
life
prison term, sentence, time - the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail"
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Spanish life sentence n → cadena perpetua
French life sentence life n → condamnation f à vie or à perpétuité
German life sentence life n → lebenslängliche Freiheitsstrafe f
Italian life sentence n → (condanna all')ergastolo
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Michaelis had been the object of a revulsion of popular sentiment, the same sentiment which years ago had applauded the ferocity of the life sentence passed upon him for complicity in a rather mad attempt to rescue some prisoners from a police van.
The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph View in context
He who had been presented in the worst light at his trial, who had since broken prison and had been tried again, who had returned from transportation under a life sentence, and who had occasioned the death of the man who was the cause of his arrest.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
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