incarcerate

  • 21incarcerate — v. a. Imprison, put in prison, place in confinement, put in duress, place in durance, immure, confine, commit, send to jail …

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  • 22incarcerate — verb (transitive usually passive) formal to keep someone in a place, especially a prison incarceration noun (U) …

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  • 23incarcerate — verb Luckins returned to the site where she had been incarcerated nearly fifty years earlier Syn: imprison, put in prison, send to prison, jail, lock up, put under lock and key, put away, intern, confine, detain, hold, immure, put in chains, hold …

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  • 24incarcerate — v 1. imprison, embar, confine, jail, impound, intern, hold captive, Sl. jug; lock up, bolt in, clap up, put under lock and key, Archaic. engaol. 2. enclose, hem in, hedge in, keep in, shut in; corral, pen in, rail in, fence in; coop up, immure,… …

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  • 25incarcerate — in·car·cer·ate …

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  • 26incarcerate — [ɪnˈkɑːsəˌreɪt] verb [T] formal to put someone in prison Syn: imprison incarceration [ɪnˌkɑːsəˈreɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] …

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  • 27incarcerate — in•car•cer•ate [[t]ɪnˈkɑr səˌreɪt[/t]] v. t. at•ed, at•ing 1) to imprison; confine 2) to enclose; constrict closely • Etymology: 1520–30; < ML incarcerāre to imprison in•car cer•a′tion, n. in•car′cer•a tive, adj …

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  • 28incarcerate — verb (t) /ɪnˈkasəreɪt / (say in kahsuhrayt) (incarcerated, incarcerating) 1. to imprison; confine. 2. to enclose; constrict closely. –adjective /ɪnˈkasərət/ (say in kahsuhruht), / səreɪt/ (say suhrayt) 3. imprisoned. {Medieval Latin incarcerātus …

  • 29incarcerate —   v.t. imprison.    ♦ incarceration,    ♦ incarcerator, n …

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  • 30incarcerate — To imprison; to confine in a prison or jail …

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