incarcerate
incarcerate
Definition
in·car·cer·ate (in kär′sər āt′)
transitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing
- to imprison; jail
- to shut up; confine
Etymology: < ML incarceratus, pp. of incarcerare, to imprison < L in, in + carcer, prison
in·car′·cera′·tion noun
in·car′·cera′·tor noun
incarcerate
Synonyms
incarcerate
Usage Examples
Object
- hernia: For example, in an incarcerated hernia is the small bowel viable or not?
- prisoner: This is particularly the case for prisoners incarcerated within a segregated wing.
- animal: The US is notorious for the lack of protection afforded to animals incarcerated on factory farms.
- woman: But what does reproductive freedom mean for women who are literally not free - incarcerated women?
- people: People incarcerated for minor offenses learn how to commit much more serious ones.
- man: SKINNER: Are you aware that Agent Scully incarcerated four men with the federal marshal's office?
Preposition: for
- year: Remember the animals that will die alone, incarcerated for years in a barren cage.
Preposition: without
Modifying Another Word
- currently: He is currently incarcerated in Spain awaiting extradition to Morocco.
- there: He was the first person to be incarcerated there for nearly a century.
- still: Eight British residents are still incarcerated in the US run military prison with no prospect of a trial or release.
- not: The judicial system, however, did not incarcerate the same number of people from each of the two communities.
- here: This man doesn't fit the description of any inmate currently incarcerated here.
- now: Now incarcerated in the attic room Jane confronts her alter-ego " What have you done you've made them hate me?
Preposition: in
- dungeon: A very good workshop week, incarcerated in the literary dungeons of York, with some really excellent material.
- jail: Namburete categorically denied a Domingos claim that only members of Renamo are incarcerated in maximum security jails.
- prison: After spending such a long time incarcerated in prison, the end is now in sight.
- camp: With money from his mother he embarks on a terrifying boat journey to Malaysia where he is incarcerated in a refugee camp.
- hospital: He experiences delusions, is unable to work, and is repeatedly incarcerated in mental hospitals.
- cell: Incarcerated in a cell at Category A Wakefield Prison for six years, deserted by your wife and children, your life entirely destroyed.
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