carcer-, carcera-
(Latin: prison, jail; an enclosed place)
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carceral
carceral state
A state designed like a prison which is known as a "police state".
A carceral state is one that seeks to know everything about its inhabitants and visitors, but hides everything about itself. It demands transparency of everything except its own operations.
disincarcerate
1. To liberate from prison.
2. To set free from confinement.
impact incarceration; high-impact incarceration
Jail or prison time structured with discipline and drills similar to a military boot camp.
incarcerate
1. To lock up or to confine in a prison or jail.
2. To imprison; to enclose; to constrict closely; such as, in a prison.
incarcerated
incarcerated hernia
1. A hernia which results in the entrapment of tissue or viscera into the hernia sac.
2. A hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced.
incarcerated placenta, retained placenta
The incomplete separation of the placenta and its failure to be expelled at the usual time after the delivery of a child.
incarcerating
incarceration
incarcerator
Someone who incarcerates or imprisons others.
wrongful incarceration
False imprisonment wherein a person is intentionally confined without legal authority.
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