Incarceration — is the detention of a person in jail or prison. People are most commonly incarcerated upon suspicion or conviction of committing a crime. Incarceration rates, when measured by the United Nations, are considered distinct and separate from the… … Wikipedia
incarcération — [ ɛ̃karserasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1314; de incarcérer 1 ♦ Méd. Incarcération du placenta : rétention totale du placenta, due à une contraction spasmodique de l utérus. ⇒ enchatonnement. 2 ♦ Action d incarcérer (⇒ emprisonnement); état d une personne… … Encyclopédie Universelle
incarceration — I noun arrest, bondage, captivity, career, commitment, confinement, confinement by public authority, confinement in a jail, confinement in a penitentiary, confinement under legal process, constraint, custodia, custodianship, custody, detention,… … Law dictionary
Incarceration — In*car cer*a tion, n. [Cf. F. incarc[ e]ration.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) (a) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. (b) A constriction of the hernial … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Incarceration — (v. lat.), 1) Einsperrung, Gefängniß; 2) Einklemmung eines Theils, wodurch der Durchgang von Stoffen in ihm, od. sein eigener Fortgang verhindert wird; ersteres bes. bei I. eines Darms, es sei durch Intussusception (s.d.), od. bei Brüchen (s.… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Incarceration — Incarceration, lat. deutsch, Einkerkerung; die chirurg. Einklemmung eines organ. Theils … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
incarceration — (n.) early 15c., retention of pus, from M.L. incarcerationem (nom. incarceratio), noun of action from pp. stem of incarcerare to imprison, from in in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + carcer prison, an enclosed space, of uncertain origin … Etymology dictionary
INCARCÉRATION — s. f. T. de Jurispr. Action d incarcérer, ou État de celui qui est incarcéré. Ordonner l incarcération d une personne. Être en état d incarcération. Son incarcération dura dix jours … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
INCARCÉRATION — n. f. T. de Jurisprudence Action d’incarcérer ou état de celui qui est incarcéré. Ordonner l’incarcération d’une personne. Son incarcération dura dix jours … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
incarceration — noun eight years of incarceration Syn: imprisonment, internment, confinement, detention, custody, captivity, restraint; informal time; archaic durance, duress … Thesaurus of popular words
