overincarcerate
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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.