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overincarcerates

overincarcerates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overincarcerate.

Meaning of overincarcerate

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.

Questions about overincarcerates

What is overincarcerates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overincarcerates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overincarcerate.

Words near overincarcerates in the dictionary

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

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