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incarcerative

incarcerative adjective: of or relating to incarceration.

Adjective

incarcerative (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to incarceration.
    • Misdemeanor appeals are rare for a variety of reasons, including lack of access to counsel, high plea rates, and the typically short duration of incarcerative sentences.2020, Alexandra Natapoff, “Atwater and the Misdemeanor Carceral State”, in Harvard Law Review, volume 133, number 147, page 161

Origin of incarcerative

From incarceration + -ive.

Questions about incarcerative

What does incarcerative mean?
Incarcerative means of or relating to incarceration.
What part of speech is incarcerative?
Incarcerative is an adjective.

Words near incarcerative in the dictionary

  1. incarcerated
  2. incarcerates
  3. incarcerating
  4. incarceration
  5. incarcerations
  6. incarcerative
  7. incarcerator
  8. incarcerators
  9. incarceree
  10. incarcerees
  11. incarceritis

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