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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Incarceration; imprisonment.

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Examples

  • De-carceration is the third rail of state politics, my friends.

    Universities, Awake! or, the Crisis of Higher Education Tenured Radical 2009

  • De-carceration is the third rail of state politics, my friends.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Tenured Radical 2009

  • On this occasion the Heytesbury attorney made a very loud demand for Sam's liberation, talking of habeas corpus, and the injustice of carceration without evidence of guilt.

    The Vicar of Bullhampton Anthony Trollope 1848

  • 3 Do our poverty levels and our carceration system concern you for our future?

    Obama Takes a Pass on Race Remarks - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • In three community-based reintegration centers for ex-convicts in Ohio, McGruder 1976 concluded that in comparison with the most autocratic center on Likert’s POC, the most democratic center was most effective, as measured by graduation rates and low rates of recidivism and reincarceration. carceration.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

  • In three community-based reintegration centers for ex-convicts in Ohio, McGruder 1976 concluded that in comparison with the most autocratic center on Likert’s POC, the most democratic center was most effective, as measured by graduation rates and low rates of recidivism and reincarceration. carceration.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

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