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LWOP en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of leave without pay.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:criminal law, uncountable) Initialism of life (sentence) without (the possibility of) parole.
    alt of life
    • In two of these studies, LWOP inmates had rates of prison misconduct that were equivalent to parole-eligible inmates. 2008, Matt DeLisi, Peter John Conis, Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Public Policy, and Practice, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 244: