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overincarcerate

Verb

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

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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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