verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   to incarcerate again. transitive

   "“I don’t think he’ll kill you over it. He’s not trying to get reincarcerated.”"

Synonyms

All synonyms

reimprisonreimprisonrejailrejail

Example

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"“I don’t think he’ll kill you over it. He’s not trying to get reincarcerated.”"

Etymology

From re- + incarcerate.

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