incarcerations

plural of incarceration

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Recent Examples of incarcerations The incarcerations have been part of Bukele’s controversial efforts to stem the high crime rates and gang violence that have plagued the country for years. Michael Rios, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025 The Body Politic uplifts Baltimore’s relative success in decreasing the city’s homicide and violent crime rate while not increasing incarcerations or the rate of citizen-police interactions. Richard Fowler, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 Saturday, the nearly 30 young people attending the event sat around tables, discussing the issues important to them — from crime and education to jobs and youth incarcerations. La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarcerations
detentions
Noun
  • Zanardi’s statement provides a glimpse into the way detentions have been conducted as well as the powerful degradation of trust in the system that has led up to two-thirds of immigrants scheduled for hearings to skip them in fear of arrest.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The recent wave of detentions appears to conflict with federal protections granted under TPS, which is specifically designed to shield eligible Venezuelan nationals from deportation due to unsafe conditions in their home country.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Incarcerations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarcerations. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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