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incarceration

noun as in imprisonment

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His incarceration means he has been oblivious to the way so many aspects of everyday life have changed - almost like someone who has been asleep since the 1980s.

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Under Justice Department standards and requirements, people seeking pardons generally must wait five years after their release from incarceration, demonstrate good conduct and remorse, and file petitions through the Office of the Pardon Attorney.

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Sarkozy’s incarceration last month sent shock waves across France, and fueled a debate over the limits of judicial authority.

In 2021, she was outraged by his incarceration and posted images from the looting.

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He joins hundreds of Palestinian children in Israeli detention, according to rights groups, almost half of them held without charge or trial in an incarceration system that critics say is designed to work against them.

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