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incarceration

[in-kahr-suh-rey-shuhn] / ɪnˌkɑr səˈreɪ ʃən /
NOUN
imprisonment
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STRONGEST


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Before incarceration, I was a member of Cincinnati’s city council for a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

He called a Times reporter during his incarceration and said he had been arrested for damaging a bench near the beach shortly after his return.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

"We hope then to be able to bring Michael before the Court of Appeal, and for him to regain his freedom after all these years of incarceration," he said.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

According to a report by the InSight Crime think tank, Guerrero made Tren de Aragua "what it is today during his incarceration at Tocoron."

From Barron's Jun. 13, 2026

She told him the story of her husband’s incarceration, and that she was coming to get him.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Another option would be to allow a plea of “not guilty by reason of dementia” or to enact sentencing limits similar to those protecting juveniles from lifelong incarcerations.

From Scientific American Aug. 17, 2023

That’s an arrest rate for Yurok women roughly five times the rate of female incarcerations nationwide, said George, the University of California, Merced sociologist consulting with the tribe.

From Seattle Times Feb. 20, 2022

Street’s picaresque stunts, and occasional incarcerations, do not occur in a vacuum.

From New York Times Oct. 20, 2021

For almost a decade, the women protested the incarcerations by attending Mass at St. Rita’s Church in Havana each Sunday dressed in white.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2020

Excluded are prior incarcerations in local jails and juvenile facilities because of the lack of data needed to estimate the number of first admissions to these forms of correctional supervision.

From Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001 by Thomas P. Bonczar




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