Vocabulary
Incarceration
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
to put [someone] in prison
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- In more recent years, parties, such as the PTI, have led mobilisation on political issues, including on election rigging and unjust incarceration of activists.
- Georgia initiated juvenile justice reforms that have lowered child incarceration and recidivism rates.
- The PTI wants to use the parliamentary proceedings to highlight their real or perceived grievances, foremost being the continued incarceration of its leader Imran Khan.
- It may be recalled that Imran Khan had said last week that the PTI would no longer engage in talks and should instead prepare for a protest movement that would `peak` on Aug 5, coinciding with the two-year anniversary of his incarceration.
- Aug 5, which will mark two years of his incarceration, will be the day the new protest movement should reach its peak, he has said.
Antonyms
emancipate, unfetter
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