incarceritis
(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.
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(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.
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