Synonyms for incarceration
in·car·cer·a·tion

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1. captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurementnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   internment, captivity, immurement, imprisonment, enslavement

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1. • Confinement

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1. glomnoun

   Submitted by Providence on July 18, 2023  

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1. incarcerationnoun

   Synonyms:
   IMPRISONMENT, confinement, commitment

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1. List of paraphrases for "incarceration":

   imprisonment, detention, prison, incarcerated, confinement, committal, internment, jailing, jail

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1. Scott Wiener:

   The racist, failed War on Drugs has helped build our system of mass incarceration, and we must dismantle and end its vestiges, which are still in place today, war on Drugs policies are ineffective, inhumane and expensive.

2. Andrew Felix Kawesi:

   I am telling you ... I am the police and I have arrested him. He has to stick to what the law requires ... there's no going to Mbale. He's now under incarceration.

3. Manzanar Superintendent Bernadette Johnson:

   We have always wanted to respect his family's privacy for the tragedy they endured near the end of their three-year incarceration, being so close to leaving camp.

4. Sara Gideon:

   It doesn't matter how white our state is -- it still exists. When we look at the incidences, for example, of the number of people of color who here in the state of Maine had a positive Covid infection rate and how outsized that was compared to the rest of the population. We see it in terms of access to education for people of color, access to health care, rates of poverty, rates of incarceration, and we do have to do something about it.

5. Booth Goodwin:

   The CEO and chairman of one of America's largest coal companies now stands convicted of willful violations of the laws that are designed to keep coal miners safe. to go from boardroom to the prospect of incarceration sends a powerful message to executives who would ignore the safety of their workers. It doesn't matter who you are, how rich you are, how powerful you are, if you violate the laws and gamble with the lives of your workers, you will be held accountable.