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Definition of Carceral
1. a. Belonging to a prison.
Definition of Carceral
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to prison ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carceral
1. pertaining to a prison [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carceral
Literary usage of Carceral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"carceral, (kar-se-ral) a. Belonging to a prison. CARCINOMA, (kar-se-no'-ma) ni
A particular ulcer; also a disorder in the horny coat of the eye. ..."
2. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"... sc. with an empty quiver.—See Jan., Men., Du Gange, and Wach. carceral,* ad.
Pertaining to imprisonment—'Fox, Martyrs. ..."
3. Causes and Cures of Crime by Thomas Speed Mosby (1913)
"... a graduated scale of rewards and punishments, and segregation by means of an
individual cellular system, as fundamental features of the carceral idea. ..."
4. In a Time of Torture: The Assault on Justice in Egypt's Crackdown on by Human Rights Watch (Organization)., Human Rights Watch (2004)
"In carceral conditions, however, the medical practitioner's should not merely
seek the consent of subjects, but ascertain whether it is informed and ..."
5. The Urban Condition: space, community, and self in the contemporary metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"The ghetto appears as a carceral space, confining its inhabitants as both visible
and exotic, subjected to the distanced gaze of the viewer.7 The emergence ..."
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