OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14514

incarceration

/ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
carcelazo • encarcelación • encarcelamiento
The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
Perpetrated over time, better walk the narrow line / Never challenge what we say / In the darkness of our mind, never thought we'd be so blind / Let the nightmare get away / Isolat…
[…]Syria reemerged indirectly, through Turkey's incarceration of Pastor Andrew Brunson.
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