as in to imprison
to put in or as if in prison
the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year
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Recent Examples of incarcerate
The girl reported the assaults to her elementary school teacher while Dixon was incarcerated on unrelated charges, according to court records.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
His attorney Margaret DaRocha asked that Burke receive medical and psychiatric help while he was incarcerated.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
Recently, when asked if one style of parenting was better than the other, the woman who spent part of her teens incarcerated in a camp for Japanese Americans suggested the style question missed something more important.
—Andre Mouchard, Daily News, 9 May 2026
The government statement claimed that no relatives formally requested visitation rights during his detention and said Quero Navas had not provided information about family contacts while incarcerated.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
His attorney Margaret DaRocha asked that Burke receive medical and psychiatric help while he was incarcerated.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
Recently, when asked if one style of parenting was better than the other, the woman who spent part of her teens incarcerated in a camp for Japanese Americans suggested the style question missed something more important.
—Andre Mouchard, Daily News, 9 May 2026
The government statement claimed that no relatives formally requested visitation rights during his detention and said Quero Navas had not provided information about family contacts while incarcerated.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
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The minotaur was a monster, half man and half bull, that was imprisoned in a dark underground labyrinth.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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For months conflicting news accounts have circulated that he was imprisoned or under house arrest.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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Alicia Vikander plays Baranov’s wife Ksenia, and Tom Sturridge is a banker and oligarch based on former oil and gas baron Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was jailed after challenging Putin’s grip on power.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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Torrie Lemon, 24, pleaded guilty to the charge on Thursday, May 14, according to a sentencing order obtained by PEOPLE, which notes that following her 40 days jailed, she would be placed on probation for a period of 1,420 days.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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“Incarcerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarcerate. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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