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incarceration

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


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“The president’s reasoning and factual conclusions are not unique to Mr. Gentile and should bear equally on Mr. Schneider’s sentence of incarceration.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Tura-Ugli says he watches TV news reports on the progress of the peace negotiations and isn’t optimistic the talks will result in an end either to the war or his incarceration.

From The Wall Street Journal

Three weeks after his incarceration, he was allowed out following a plea from his lawyers.

From BBC

He said that Díaz had only been allowed one visit from his daughter during the entire length of his incarceration.

From BBC

In response to mass incarceration and overcrowding in the 1990s and early 2000s, the corrections department threw beds into spaces never intended for housing.

From Los Angeles Times