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reincarcerate

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English

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ incarcerate.

Verb

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reincarcerate (third-person singular simple present reincarcerates, present participle reincarcerating, simple past and past participle reincarcerated)

  1. (transitive) to incarcerate again.
    • 2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 198:
      “I don’t think he’ll kill you over it. He’s not trying to get reincarcerated.”

Synonyms

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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reincarcerate

  1. inflection of reincarcerare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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reincarcerate f pl

  1. feminine plural of reincarcerato