Incarceration - English meaning

noun

The condition of being imprisoned or confined.

Usage examples:

He was released after 865 days in captivity

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The situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere and is not allowed to leave

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All the hostages, when released from captivity, looked remarkably fit and well., animals bred in ca…

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Prison.

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They sent old polgar to the chokey then?

noun

The action of confining or state of being confined.

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He was immediately released from his confinement

noun

The situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere, usually by force

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She spent most of those years under house arrest or close confinement.

noun

The protective care or guardianship of someone or something.

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The property was placed in the custody of a trustee

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The right or duty to care for someone or something, as for a child whose parents have separated or died

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The court awarded custody of the child to the mother., the police have taken the suspect into custo…

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The legal right to manage and look after another person's money, investments, etc.

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Investment advisers with actual custody of clients' funds pose a higher risk to clients.

noun

The action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody.

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The fifteen people arrested were still in police detention

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The act or condition of being officially forced to stay in a place

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[ u ] he claimed that his detention by the authorities was unlawful.

noun

Imprisonment or confinement.

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The actor's years of durance vile in soap operas

noun

Threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement.

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Confessions extracted under duress

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Threats used to force a person to do something

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He signed the contract under duress.

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Threats used to force someone to do something

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Clarke's defence involved claims of duress and allegations he had been framed by the police., he cl…

noun

The state of being imprisoned; captivity.

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He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment

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The act of putting someone in prison or the condition of being kept in prison

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She was sentenced to five years' imprisonment., he could win damages for his father's wrongful impr…

noun

The state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons.

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He was threatened with internment in a concentration camp

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The act of putting someone in prison for political or military reasons, especially during a war

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An internment camp

noun

A dish consisting of oatmeal or another meal or cereal boiled in water or milk.

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Among the dishes made from barley, barley porridge is more delicate than oatmeal porridge, to the p…

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A thick, soft food made from oats (= a type of grain) boiled in water or milk; oatmeal

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A measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control.

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Decisions are made within the financial restraints of the budget

noun

The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.

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Travel through space and time

verb

Plan, schedule, or arrange when (something) should happen or be done.

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The first track race is timed for 11.15

noun

The seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc., in which existence is measured, or the past, present, and future considered as a whole

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I really don’t have time to call her today., the children spent most of their time outdoors., we’d …