From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfalse imprisonment/arrestfalse imprisonment/arrestthe illegal act of putting someone in prison or arresting them for a crime they have not committed →falseExamples from the Corpusfalse imprisonment/arrest• An action of damages may be brought for false imprisonment. 3.• If anyone prevents you from doing so, you can sue for false imprisonment.• Was recently awarded 30,000ドル damages against Thames Valley Police for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.• The rest included allegations of wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and loss of property.• The boyadmittedfalse imprisonment and wounding.