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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

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of overcrowd1

First recorded in 1760–70; over- + crowd 1
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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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Patients were found to be waiting up to 36 hours and "overcrowding, uncertainty, and discomfort" were also common concerns.

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Meanwhile, as the overcrowding worsened, more dogs and cats were euthanized in city shelters under her watch than in the preceding years.

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