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overincarcerate

overincarcerate verb: to incarcerate too many of (a certain group).

Verb

overincarcerate (third-person singular simple present overincarcerates, present participle overincarcerating, simple past and past participle overincarcerated)

  1. (transitive) To incarcerate too many of (a certain group).
    • The prison system was said to overincarcerate Aboriginals.

Forms of overincarcerate

third-person singular presentoverincarcerates
present participleoverincarcerating
past participleoverincarcerated
pastoverincarcerated

Origin of overincarcerate

From over- + incarcerate.

Questions about overincarcerate

What does overincarcerate mean?
Overincarcerate means to incarcerate too many of (a certain group).
What part of speech is overincarcerate?
Overincarcerate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overincarcerate?
The past tense of overincarcerate is overincarcerated.

Words near overincarcerate in the dictionary

  1. overimproved
  2. overimprovement
  3. overimprovements
  4. overimputation
  5. overimputations
  6. overincarcerate
  7. overincarcerated
  8. overincarcerates
  9. overincarcerating
  10. overincarceration
  11. overinclination

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