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   incarcerate

   /ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. imprison or confine: "many are incarcerated for property offences" Similar imprisonput in prisonsend to prisonjaillock uptake into custodyput under lock and keyput awayinternconfinedetainholdput into detentionimmureput in chainsclap in ironshold prisonerhold captivedetain at Her Majesty's pleasureinformal:send downput behind barsput insidebang someone upconfineshut awayshut upcoop upimmurecageOpposite freerelease

   Word Origin mid 16th century (earlier (late Middle English) as incarceration): from medieval Latin incarcerat- ‘imprisoned’, from the verb incarcerare, from in- ‘into’ + Latin carcer ‘prison’.

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   • 1. incarcerator noun

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishINCARCERATED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   to put or keep someone in prison or in a place used as a prison: Thousands of dissidents have been interrogated or incarcerated. to keep someone in a closed place and prevent them from leaving it: be incarcerated in We were incarcerated in that broken elevator for four hours. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Putting people in prison.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishINCARCERATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   to put or keep someone in prison or in a place used as a prison: Thousands of dissidents have been interrogated or incarcerated. to keep someone in a closed place and prevent them from leaving it: be incarcerated in We were incarcerated in that broken elevator for four hours. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Putting people in prison.

4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › incarceratedIncarcerated Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of INCARCERATED is confined in a jail or prison. How to use incarcerated in a sentence.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryINCARCERATED definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

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   to put or keep someone in prison or in a place used as a prison: Thousands of dissidents have been interrogated or incarcerated. to keep someone in a closed place and prevent them from leaving it: be incarcerated in We were incarcerated in that broken elevator for four hours. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Putting people in prison.

6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › incarcerateIncarcerate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Incarcerate does not have such a noun equivalent in English—incarceration refers to the state of confinement rather than a physical structure—but it comes ultimately from the Latin noun carcer, meaning “prison.”

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   to enclose; constrict closely. adjective. imprisoned. incarcerate. / ɪnˈkɑːsəˌreɪt / verb. tr to confine or imprison. Discover More. Derived Forms. inˈcarcerˌator, noun. inˌcarcerˈation, noun. Discover More. Other Words From. in·car·cer·a·tion [ in-kahr-s, uh, -, rey, -sh, uh, n], noun. in·car·cer·a·tive adjective. in·car·cer·a·tor noun.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › americanincarcerate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   to put someone in prison or in another place from which they cannot escape synonym imprison Thousands were incarcerated in labor camps.