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Incarcerate vs Reincarcerate - What's the difference?

incarcerate | reincarcerate |

As verbs the difference between incarcerate and reincarcerate

is that incarcerate is to lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law while reincarcerate is to incarcerate again.

incarcerate

English

Verb

(incarcerat)
  • To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
  • * 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, " Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
  • Tolokonnikova has also been an effective public speaker even while incarcerated , but she has spoken out on politics and freedom in general rather than prisoners’ rights.
  • To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.
  • Usage notes

    As a Latinate term, somewhat formal, compared to imprison.

    Synonyms

    * imprison * jail

    Derived terms

    * incarceration

    reincarcerate

    English

    Verb

    (reincarcerat)
  • to incarcerate again
  • Synonyms

    * reimprison ----