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overcrowd

[oh-ver-kroud]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to crowd to an uncomfortable or undesirable excess.



overcrowd

/ ˌəʊəˈʊ /

verb

  1. (tr) to fill (a room, vehicle, city, etc) with more people or things than is desirable

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of overcrowd1

First recorded in 1760–70; over- + crowd 1
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This created segregated schools with less funding and fewer resources for those in poor areas, which to this day are overcrowded and often suffer from the fallout of high crime, drug use and violence.

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She said: "Housing people, including survivors of torture and trafficking, in an isolated, overcrowded camp reminiscent of an open-air prison, with inadequate healthcare and legal services, is an inhumane way to treat those seeking protection."

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Just recently we were told that offenders recalled to prison would be let out earlier due to overcrowding.

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The figures also show a rise in "severely overcrowded boats" in the same period.

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It said this would prove challenging, especially given the government's ambitions to improve the criminal justice system and to deal with prison overcrowding.

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