overincarcerate

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ incarcerate.

Verb

overincarcerate (third-person singular simple present overincarcerates, present participle overincarcerating, simple past and past participle overincarcerated)

  1. (transitive) To incarcerate too many of (a certain group).
    The prison system was said to overincarcerate Aboriginals.
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