(surgery, dated) A strangulation, as in a hernia.
use policy. Harm reduction saves lives. In the long term, with adequate resources, it’s far more effective than incarceration and forced treatment.” #HousingIsAHumanRight #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #HousingFirst #EndOv…
Let’s not forget who sits in the Oval Office representing the American people. FFS AMERICANS!!! IMPEACH INDICT PROSECUTE INCARCERATION
(surgery, dated) A strangulation, as in a hernia.
“use policy. Harm reduction saves lives. In the long term, with adequate resources, it’s far more effective than incarceration and forced treatment.” #HousingIsAHumanRight #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #HousingFirst #EndOverdose #HarmReductionSavesLives #HousingNow #PreventOverdose”
“Let’s not forget who sits in the Oval Office representing the American people. FFS AMERICANS!!! IMPEACH INDICT PROSECUTE INCARCERATION”
“For-profit incarceration/detention is a euphemism youtu.be/loQkyuMDwy0?”
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(transitive) To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.
(medicine, slang, humorous, or, pejorative) A medical condition induced by the threat of arrest or incarceration; malingering behaviour by a suspect when faced with the prospect of arrest.
(chiefly, US, transitive, ) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
For-profit incarceration/detention is a euphemism youtu.be/loQkyuMDwy0?
“A photograph of a Japanese American baseball player at the Minidoka incarceration camp in Idaho. The player strikes a pose while wearing catchers equipment. A row of camp barracks can be seen in the background. 🗃 #skystorians”
“This is TERRIBLE. But also not new. The 13th amendment has allowed legal slavery in the United States since its inception, and this is just a horrific expansion of our oversized system of mass incarceration. #abolishcages”
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(chiefly, US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
"incarceration" means: The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"incarceration" means: The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. Note the regional or dialect label (US) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
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