incarceration

About 1.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
2. noun A strangulation, as in a hernia.
3. noun A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

Similar words

imprisonment captivity immurement jailing gaol confinement penitentiary prison internment jail

Often followed by

of in and for rates is rate or was

Word family

incarcerations