Definition of "incarceration" []

• The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. (noun)
• Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. (noun)
• A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation. (noun)

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• "A spokesman for the L.A. Sheriff's Office told People magazine that Lohan won't be released early this time, though, because her incarceration is a court order, not a jail sentence."
• "High rates of incarceration is a socio-economic necessity."
• "#16 High rates of incarceration is a socio-economic necessity."