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
  • This environment of mass detentions, human rights violations and secrecy has created a lucrative side business for corrupt official who prey on family members of the imprisoned.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Yost argued that the 2007 opinion did not take into account other types of civil detentions or agreements with federal immigration authorities.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Incarcerations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarcerations. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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