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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’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. incarcerator noun

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