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verbreincarcerate (third-person singular simple present reincarcerates, present participle reincarcerating, simple past and past participle reincarcerated)
present singular third person reincarcerates · participle present reincarcerating · participle past reincarcerated · past reincarcerated
- transitiveTo incarcerate again.
“I don’t think he’ll kill you over it. He’s not trying to get reincarcerated.”
2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 198Synonyms: reimprison
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verbTo incarcerate again.
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reincarcerate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reincarcerate
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“reincarcerate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reincarcerate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reincarcerate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reincarcerate.
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