Meaning

1 senses
  1. To incarcerate too many of (a certain group).

    The prison system was said to overincarcerate Aboriginals.

Origin

From over- + incarcerate.

From over- + incarcerate.

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Forms

overincarcerates, overincarcerating, overincarcerated, overincarcerated
Base formoverincarcerate · to overincarcerate
3rd person singularoverincarcerates
Present participleoverincarcerating
Past simpleoverincarcerated
Past participleoverincarcerated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverincarcerate
he, she, itoverincarcerates

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverincarcerated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overincarcerated
he, she, ithas overincarcerated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overincarcerate

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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