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overcrowd
[oh-ver-kroud]
overcrowd
/ ˌəʊəˈʊ /
verb
(tr) to fill (a room, vehicle, city, etc) with more people or things than is desirable
Word History and Origins
Origin of overcrowd1
Example Sentences
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.
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."
Just recently we were told that offenders recalled to prison would be let out earlier due to overcrowding.
The figures also show a rise in "severely overcrowded boats" in the same period.
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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