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incarceration

[in-kahr-suh-rey-shuhn] / ɪnˌkɑr səˈreɪ ʃən /
NOUN
imprisonment
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The Foreign Office - which warns British citizens against travelling to Iran - has described their incarceration as "unjustified and appalling".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

My subject area is U.S. history—the built environment, public memory, the American South, and more recently the history of mass incarceration.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

The Foreign Office says it will keep working to get them safely back to the UK, calling their incarceration appalling and unjustified.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The court held that pretrial liberty is the norm; incarceration before conviction for any crime is the rare, carefully limited exception.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

I was encouraged by the fact that nationwide the rate of mass incarceration had finally slowed.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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