26984 words

incarceration

2 definitions • 4 examples
1
the act of putting or keeping someone in prison or in a place used as a prison:

Examples:

We’re spending billions of dollars each year on incarceration.
The prisoner was sentenced to five months of incarceration.
2
the act of keeping someone in a closed place and preventing them from leaving it :

Examples:

The housemates on the reality TV show are asked to survive incarceration for three weeks.
The girl’s four-month incarceration at the hands of her parents came to light yesterday.

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