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as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined
he was bored and frustrated by his incarceration in the quarantine
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as in imprisonment
the state of being held in lawful custody
sentenced to six months of incarceration for dealing in narcotics
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Recent Examples of incarceration
The film marks Panahi’s first since being released from prison in Iran, and was inspired in part by his second incarceration in that country.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
Connecticut has the second-highest racial disparity in youth incarceration nationwide.
—Elizabeth Hinton, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
Poverty is a pretext for surveillance, over-policing and incarceration.
—Rod Adams, Essence, 25 May 2025
Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Warren said Friday that the maximum sentence for wire fraud is 20 years of incarceration, a $250,000 fine and three years on supervised release.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2025
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
Connecticut has the second-highest racial disparity in youth incarceration nationwide.
—Elizabeth Hinton, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
Poverty is a pretext for surveillance, over-policing and incarceration.
—Rod Adams, Essence, 25 May 2025
Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Warren said Friday that the maximum sentence for wire fraud is 20 years of incarceration, a $250,000 fine and three years on supervised release.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarceration
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More recently, a 75-year-old man was killed by a cassowary at an exotic animal breeding farm in Florida, where the bird was being kept in captivity.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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The war erupted on Oct. 7, 2023, when the Hamas terrorist group staged a widespread ambush in Israel, killing 1,200 people, including children, and taking 251 hostages, with about 20 still held in captivity.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
8 June 2025
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In 1940, the barracks became an internment camp for Italian suspects, later used as a prisoner of war camp under the German occupation.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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China detained more than 1 million Uyghurs in internment camps from 2017 to 2019 in the name of fighting extremism.—
David Pierson,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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On Monday, students at Gomes da Silva’s school in Milford, Mass., staged a walkout in protest of his detention.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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Murphy granted this, allowing their detention at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, a U.S. naval installation, rather than ordering their return to U.S. soil.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Sherry had been in and out of prison for years, while Juan had battled chronic illness.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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Both face felony charges and over six years in prison.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2025
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Nice wasn't able to get in to see Gomes da Silva until the fifth day of his confinement.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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In their sentencing filing Friday, Madigan’s attorneys asked U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey for a period of probation with some home confinement, citing Madigan’s age, his long record of public service and reputation for honesty and integrity.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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“Incarceration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarceration. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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