immurement

noun

Definition of immurementnext
1
as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined the immurement of Japanese-Americans continued for the duration of the war

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2
as in imprisonment
the state of being held in lawful custody condemned the long-term immurement of prisoners who have yet to be convicted of anything

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  1. captivity
  2. internment
  3. incarceration
  4. detention
  5. confinement
  6. prison
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  • Learn more about some of the best new discoveries: 4-foot-long predator, kept in captivity for over a decade, discovered as new species In Ethiopia, a 4-foot-long snake known as Broadley’s African house snake was identified as a new species after being kept in captivity for years.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Amir Levy / Getty Images Seven U.S. citizens remain in Hamas' captivity, with three confirmed to be dead in addition to Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, whose body was recovered last year by Israeli forces.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of captivity
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  • My Documents Kevin Nguyen Penguin Random House, April As another Trump administration kicks into gear, there may be no better, or scarier, work to consider than Kevin Nguyen’s second novel, which sees the U.S. government set up internment camps for Vietnamese Americans.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The cafe has been Asian-owned since it was founded in 1951 by a Japanese American couple, Paul and Kitty Kawakami, who had been confined to a U.S. internment camp out in California during World War II, even though they were born in the U.S., according to the Star archives.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
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  • Since the program's inception in 1996, less than 3 percent of RTA members have returned to prison—a sharp contrast to the roughly 40 percent that return to prison within three years—underscoring the potential of art in breaking cycles of incarceration.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • His research is focused on the effects of incarceration and looking at ways to preserve the dignity of those who, like himself, have been impacted by the criminal justice system.
    Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • The measure calls for the detention of a broad group of migrants, including individuals permitted to enter the U.S. to seek asylum, if they have been accused of theft, burglary or shoplifting.
    Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Machado's detention has further intensified global criticism of Maduro's regime.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • While there are non-profits that also run BOP halfway houses, commercial companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group have the ability to quickly expand monitoring of those on home confinement.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Last month, President Biden commuted the sentences of 1,500 Americans in home confinement during the pandemic and pardoned 39 others, setting a record for clemency in one day, according to the White House.
    Delano Massey, Axios, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of confinement
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  • In 2019, Zeeb was sentenced to four years in prison in one of the country's largest cannabis cases.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Hulu Streaming Release Last February, Franke was sentenced to at least four years in prison, but which could be as much as 60 years, for child abuse.
    Peter White, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Immurement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immurement. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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