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reincarcerated

reincarcerated is the simple past and past participle of reincarcerate.

Meaning of reincarcerate

Verb

reincarcerate (third-person singular simple present reincarcerates, present participle reincarcerating, simple past and past participle reincarcerated)

  1. (transitive) To incarcerate again.
    • “I don’t think he’ll kill you over it. He’s not trying to get reincarcerated.”2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 198
    Synonyms:
    reimprison

Questions about reincarcerated

What is reincarcerated the simple past and past participle of?
Reincarcerated is the simple past and past participle of reincarcerate.

Words near reincarcerated in the dictionary

  1. Reinbekian
  2. Reinbold
  3. Reinbolds
  4. Reinboth
  5. reincarcerate
  6. reincarcerated
  7. reincarcerates
  8. reincarcerating
  9. reincarceration
  10. reincarcerations
  11. reincarnatable

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