overincarcerate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
over- + incarcerate
Verb[edit]
overincarcerate (third-person singular simple present overincarcerates, present participle overincarcerating, simple past and past participle overincarcerated)
- (transitive) To incarcerate too many of (a certain group).
- The prison system was said to overincarcerate Aboriginals.