as in to imprison
to put in or as if in prison
the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year
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Recent Examples of incarcerate
Other ways include storytime events, language tutoring, free summer meals and reading programs, high-speed broadband initiatives, and services for veterans and formerly incarcerated people, tribal and rural communities.
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Victoria Ivie, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025
According to his longtime coach Charlie Epps, the former Masters champions Bernhard Langer and Gary Player wrote to Cabrera while he was incarcerated and now the Augusta community is welcoming him back into the fold.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
He's done so, in part, by incarcerating thousands of people in his country's prisons including CECOT, opened in 2023, which can house up to 40,000 people.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
He is currently incarcerated in New York City in anticipation of his trial, which begins May 5.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
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Victoria Ivie, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025
According to his longtime coach Charlie Epps, the former Masters champions Bernhard Langer and Gary Player wrote to Cabrera while he was incarcerated and now the Augusta community is welcoming him back into the fold.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
He's done so, in part, by incarcerating thousands of people in his country's prisons including CECOT, opened in 2023, which can house up to 40,000 people.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
He is currently incarcerated in New York City in anticipation of his trial, which begins May 5.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
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While the Trump administration called the deportees sent to El Salvador terrorists, criminals and gangsters, a 60 Minutes investigation could not find criminal records for 75% of the 238 Venezuelan men imprisoned at CECOT as part of the March 15 operation.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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The government has been accused of imprisoning political dissidents, reporters and religious leaders, with thousands leaving the country in the process.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
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From elsewhere The immigrant families jailed in Texas [New Yorker] My former colleague Jack Herrera reports that under the Trump administration, ICE is jailing families who have lived in the U.S. for years and is sending them to Texas.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Jelly, who was first arrested at 14 years old, has been jailed more than 40 times throughout his life on multiple drug offenses.—
Emlyn Travis,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Incarcerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarcerate. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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