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Meanings of
incarceration
in English
Russian
лишение свободы
Spanish
reclusión
Catalan
pena de presó
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Detention of a person.
detention
detaining
Russian
лишение свободы
Portuguese
cativeiro
Catalan
captivitat
Spanish
pena de prisión
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The state of being imprisoned.
imprisonment
captivity
immurement
Portuguese
cativeiro
Synonyms
Examples for "
imprisonment
"
imprisonment
captivity
immurement
Examples for "
imprisonment
"
1
The most serious charges carry a maximum sentence of 10 years'
imprisonment
.
2
A contempt of a court order, or re-offending, may result in
imprisonment
.
3
The maximum penalty if convicted on the charge is seven years'
imprisonment
.
4
The rarely used charge carries a maximum sentence of six months'
imprisonment
.
5
Punishment includes a hefty fine and
imprisonment
for up to a year.
1
Animals in
captivity
undergo a range of environmental changes from wild animals.
2
The hostages said that their
captivity
had often been difficult to bear.
3
The lamentation of the people of God in their
captivity
in Babylon.
4
The gifts of the soul are free; but material benefits are
captivity
.
5
While she may be free from
captivity
today, Hill was always free-minded.
1
I can not tell you all we spoke of in that day-long
immurement
.
2
Humiliations I have undergone, and death and
immurement
under circumstances of great severity.
3
Persons conversant with the Vedas have said that death and
immurement
are both painful.
4
Her face was very pale, as if from long
immurement
,
and her eyes were no more merry.
5
There are three periods of
immurement
.
Usage of
incarceration
in English
1
It's the second week of David Blaine's
incarceration
on the South Bank.
2
I saw recently that you're working with the ACLU against mass
incarceration
.
3
Despite
incarceration
,
Jeffs is said to remain in control of the sect.
4
Mass
incarceration
increases a woman's risk of poverty, homelessness and chronic illness.
5
He said mass
incarceration
on this scale was politically and socially unsustainable.
6
We simply cannot overlook the first domino in the mass
incarceration
line.
7
I had learned that they can count arrest time toward
incarceration
time.
8
And so they came to know the strange rules of their
incarceration
.
9
Then we can reduce that cycle of homelessness or
incarceration
,
she said.
10
That's been the pattern of my
incarceration
for the past many years.
11
Since Obama took office, the rhetoric on drugs and
incarceration
has changed.
12
Those detained had mainly avoided
incarceration
for years despite their online activism.
13
Criminal lawyer Anne Stevens discusses the rise in New Zealand's
incarceration
rate.
14
The prisoners say guards and inmates have beaten them during their
incarceration
.
15
Abaifouta still does not understand what he did to justify the
incarceration
.
16
The walk home had become an unhappy march to an endless-seeming
incarceration
.
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About this term
incarceration
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
mass incarceration
highest incarceration
indigenous incarceration
reduce incarceration
continue incarceration
More collocations
Translations for
incarceration
Russian
лишение свободы
тюремное заключение
Spanish
reclusión
pena de prisión
aprisionamiento
encarcelación
pena privativa de libertad
Catalan
pena de presó
captivitat
empresonament
Portuguese
cativeiro
Incarceration
through the time
Incarceration
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common