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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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of overcrowd1
Example Sentences
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.
Patients were found to be waiting up to 36 hours and "overcrowding, uncertainty, and discomfort" were also common concerns.
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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