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
And even afterward, the person incarcerated and their family members often keep making less money, the report found.
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Meg Anderson, NPR, 3 June 2025
At the time that the warrants were served, Ward was incarcerated on unrelated robbery charges, police said.
—Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
What troubled her most was the way in which incarcerated people were made to feel that they had been erased from society.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
After spending more than a decade incarcerated, Chandler celebrated her freedom with Darryl Burton and Miracle of Innocence.
—Ruth Chenetz, CBS News, 31 May 2025
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Meg Anderson, NPR, 3 June 2025
At the time that the warrants were served, Ward was incarcerated on unrelated robbery charges, police said.
—Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
What troubled her most was the way in which incarcerated people were made to feel that they had been erased from society.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
After spending more than a decade incarcerated, Chandler celebrated her freedom with Darryl Burton and Miracle of Innocence.
—Ruth Chenetz, CBS News, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarcerate
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The government controls education and public media; independent journalists and bloggers who have criticized the government have been imprisoned.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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If sentences can be broken, literally and metaphorically, by the imprisoned themselves then the state’s jurisdiction, a favored term of legal power play, has been breached.—
Amir Hussain
June 6,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
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In the film’s single best scene, when Roebuck first meets Howitzer while jailed for existing while homosexual, Wright pulls back that armor.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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Federal prosecutors argued for Roberson to be jailed for two years, but a judge disagreed.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
9 June 2025
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“Incarcerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarcerate. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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