Just looking for a word that defines being jailed for something that you didn't do, or that someone framed you for.
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sort of related: A verb that means “to prove someone is guilty of a crime”– Mari-Lou ACommented Mar 19, 2018 at 14:38
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Being detained wrongfully is "false imprisonment". Not sure if that meets your requirement of having to be framed.
answered Mar 19, 2018 at 12:37
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False imprisonment could also be when others restrain someone's movement, according to Cornell Law: "False imprisonment is an act punishable under criminal law as well as under tort law. Under tort law, it is classified as an intentional tort. A a person commits false imprisonment when he commits an act of restraint on another person which confines that person in a bounded area. "link. Also, being jailed implies that there has been some sort of trial (in most countries) (in which case I don't think there would be a false imprisonment)– JJJCommented Mar 19, 2018 at 12:57
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@JJJ Yeah, I know it's a very broad term and probably not what the questioner needed. In my state it is/was the crime of kidnapping also. Commented Mar 19, 2018 at 13:01