incarceration
英[ɪn,kɑːsə'reɪʃ(ə)n]
美[ɪn,kɑrsə'reʃən]
- n. 监禁；下狱；禁闭
英英释意
- 1. the state of being imprisoned;
- "he was held in captivity until he died"
- "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"
- "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"
- "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"