Synonyms for incarceration
in·car·cer·a·tion

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1. captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurementnoun

   the state of being imprisoned

   "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"

   Synonyms:
   internment, captivity, immurement, imprisonment, enslavement

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1. • Confinement

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1. glomnoun

   Submitted by Providence on July 18, 2023  

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1. incarcerationnoun

   Synonyms:
   IMPRISONMENT, confinement, commitment

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1. List of paraphrases for "incarceration":

   imprisonment, detention, prison, incarcerated, confinement, committal, internment, jailing, jail

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1. Scott Wiener:

   The racist, failed War on Drugs has helped build our system of mass incarceration, and we must dismantle and end its vestiges, which are still in place today, war on Drugs policies are ineffective, inhumane and expensive.

2. Kathy Boudin:

   As San Francisco’s district attorney, I’ve worked tirelessly since day one to follow through on the campaign promises that I made to all of you and to the people of San Francisco that got me elected, it’s following up on those kinds of promises we made, holding corporations accountable, holding police accountable, reducing our reliance on incarceration and instead prioritizing diversion, mental health treatment and keeping families together that I’ve been able to follow through on my commitments to those that elected me.

3. Rashida Tlaib:

   No more policing, incarceration, and militarization, it can't be reformed.

4. The FBI:

   Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh was willing to become a martyr, using his U.S. military training as a weapon for ISIL. Instead, found guilty of his crimes, he is facing a lengthy incarceration.

5. Carly Fiorina:

   If we continue to criminalize drug addiction, we're not treating it. And the system we have today is part of the problem now, not part of the solution, we now have the highest incarceration rates in the world. And the majority of people we have in prison are people like my daughter, Lori, struggling with addiction.