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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A student of English literature before he joined thearmy, Salik wrote with moving candour of his incarceration as a prisoner of war in India after the 1971 war.
Dawn Editorials —
Flying coffins
— 2025-11-27
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A streamlined judicial process offers relief, whereas prolonged incarceration can turn first-time offenders into hardened criminals.
Dawn Editorials —
Trial and error
— 2025-11-19
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Those who forfeited the favour of the king would be sent there for incarceration, even execution.
Dawn Editorials —
Slow descents
— 2025-11-06
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This pressure had grown as Mr Khan`s incarceration continued to drag on.
Dawn Editorials —
Political upheaval
— 2025-10-09
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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.
Dawn Editorials —
Regional political upheavals
— 2025-09-15
Antonyms
emancipate, unfetter
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