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incarcerate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of incarcerate

to put in or as if in prison

The state incarcerated over 1900 people last year.

Synonyms of incarcerate

commit, confine, immure, imprison, intern, jail, jug, lock (up)

Words Related to incarcerate

constrain, limit, restrain, restrict, shut

apprehend, arrest, bust [slang], capture, catch, detain, nab, pick up, pinch, seize

impress, shanghai

hold, impound, keep

bind, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

Near Antonyms of incarcerate

emancipate, enfranchise, manumit, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

Antonyms of incarcerate

discharge, free, liberate, release

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