incarcerated
adjective
                                                                                                                            
                                                            in·car·cer·at·ed
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  in-ˈkär-sə-ˌrā-təd  
                                                      
                                                          
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                                                      : confined in a jail or prison                                      
              
                             
Michigan law allows convicted felons to vote and run for office unless they are currently incarcerated, or if their offenses are fraud-related or constitute a breach of public trust.— The Hartford (Connecticut) Courant
The Hartford (Connecticut) Courant
                                       … whatever was needed for her programs combating domestic violence and aiding incarcerated women, ex-offenders, and their children.— Peter Steinfels
Peter Steinfels
                                       Comparing the responses of incarcerated boys with nondelinquent adolescents, Scarpitti (1980) describes the three most probable identity resolutions …— Judith Steven-Long et al.
Judith Steven-Long et al.
                         
                
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                                medical, of a hernia 
                                  
              
          
                                                      : constricted but not strangulated                                      
              
                             
Within the incarcerated, herniated gastric cardia, there was an acute, benign gastric ulcer.— Gregory J. Gallivan
Gregory J. Gallivan
                         
                
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