false imprisonment

French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)

(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

n a small fragment n obscene terms for female genitals n (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment n a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion n the act of catching an object with the hands v to grasp hastily or eagerly v to make grasping motions v take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom