American English pronunciation
How to pronounce incarceration
IPA transcription: [,ɪn,kɑɹsɚ'eɪʃən]
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Noun
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the state of being imprisoned
“he was held in captivity until he died”
“the imprisonment of captured soldiers”
“his ignominious incarceration in the local jail”
“he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon”
Usage examples
- Redding's teaching of the drug business however led to Augustus' eventual incarceration.
- Fear of reprisals such as unjust incarcerations and lynchings deterred upward mobility further.
- During his incarceration, Mike Tyson converted to Islam.
- It was during his incarceration that he became a revolutionary.
- After his incarceration, Wolfson became a prison-reform advocate.
- During his incarceration, he staged a hunger strike.
- Today, the city's main industries are agriculture, oil and incarceration.
- During his incarceration, recorded programs continued to be broadcast.