incarceration
85
8.0
- noun
- /ɪnˌkɑːrsəˈreɪʃən/
- Formal
:
encarcelamiento
- And mass incarceration, in my judgment, has fundamentally changed our world.
- incarceration rates
- arrests and incarceration
- years of incarceration
When I was released after my five years of incarceration, I couldn't obtain a bank account.
- When I was released after my five years of incarceration, I couldn't obtain a bank account.
- It is a crime that is rightly punishable by incarceration in prison.
- went to trial, was convicted and given a period of incarceration, which he served, was released
- She linked slavery with Jim Crow, with mass incarceration and why that was important was she took.
- It's like this continuum that justifies more severe violence or more severe incarceration or more severe punishment.
- It is very tragic to see how its enforcement led to the incarceration of young black Americans.
- The new goal is mass incarceration.
- Trump was running for president to avoid legal problems, potentially jail, incarceration.
- We studied the best data, and in fact, the impact that incarceration has on reducing the crime rate is quite marginal.
- But if you ask them, the public, should we have, should we emphasize treatment over incarceration for nonviolent drug crimes?
- But can you clarify the puzzle here that despite the decrease in violent crimes, we do see an increase in incarceration, incarceration rates?
- Do you want to pour your money into incarceration or do you want to pour your money into education?
- The ideas they bring, slavery, war, incarceration, the BP oil spill.
Examples
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And this is mass incarceration and putting as many as a million people in prison.
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Prisoners are considered old at 50 because of the toll incarceration takes on their health.
Academic text (2011) -
High rates of incarceration feed the pandemic.
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What led to your incarceration?
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My point is, my unfortunate incarceration was all for the best.
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State of New York requires you to reflect upon the choices that led to your incarceration.
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When I was released after my five years of incarceration, I couldn't obtain a bank account.
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We studied the best data, and in fact, the impact that incarceration has on reducing the crime rate is quite marginal.
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Incarceration hasn't worked as a deterrent.
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The new policy aims to reduce incarceration rates by offering rehabilitation programs.
Synonyms
155
3.9
A situation in which someone is kept and not allowed to leave, often by police until a decision is made
102
3.7
A state of being kept somewhere and not allowed to leave
88
4.0
Being kept in prison as a punishment by law
80
5.9
A state of being kept in a small closed space and unable to move freely
1
9.9
A long time spent as a prisoner
1
9.9
Shutting someone inside walls so they cannot leave
A time when someone is kept as a prisoner and not free
Antonyms
How Confined
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5.7
19
4.2
- Formal
85
8.0
- Specialized
370
3.9
155
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
incarceration = incarcerate (semi-transparent) = in + carcer + ation
Forming a noun from the verb 'incarcerate' with the common noun-forming suffix '-ation' is a regular and predictable derivation.
Etymology
Incarceration comes from the Latin parts in- 'in' and carcer 'prison', and it shares the same root as the verb incarcerate. So it literally means being 'put in prison', which is why it means imprisonment.