🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

incarcerazione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: in-kar-tche-ra-tzyo-ne

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Incarceration/ɪnˌkɑːrsəˈreɪʃn/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La pena prevede la lunga incarcerazione per i reati gravi."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The state of being confined in prison; imprisonment.

    "The judge ordered the long-term incarceration of the convicted felon."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

From Late Latin incarceratus, past participle of incarcerare 'to imprison', from in- 'in' + carcer 'prison'.

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