in·car·cer·at·ed
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Definition of incarcerated
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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 … whatever was needed for her programs combating domestic violence and aiding incarcerated women, ex-offenders, and their children.— 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.
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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
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“Incarcerated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incarcerated. Accessed 10 Apr. 2021.
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in·car·cer·at·ed
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Medical Definition of incarcerated
of a hernia
: constricted but not strangulated
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The first known use of incarcerated was in 1766
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