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
Roth and his co-counsel, Danielle Iredale, said their client’s health has deteriorated since being incarcerated.
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Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026
This inconsistency undermines both congressional intent and incarcerated people’s trust in the system.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Officials say this led them to Faust, who officials said had been arrested and incarcerated multiple times in the years around Baker's murder.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Currently, Maxwell is incarcerated at FPC Bryan, a minimum-security federal prison in Texas, having been moved there in July from a facility with a higher security designation.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
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Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026
This inconsistency undermines both congressional intent and incarcerated people’s trust in the system.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Officials say this led them to Faust, who officials said had been arrested and incarcerated multiple times in the years around Baker's murder.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Currently, Maxwell is incarcerated at FPC Bryan, a minimum-security federal prison in Texas, having been moved there in July from a facility with a higher security designation.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarcerate
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Gillispie was released from prison in 2011, exonerated in 2017 and declared wrongfully imprisoned in 2021.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Jan. 2026
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Cottingham, 79, has been imprisoned since his 1980 arrest.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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At that time, no one believed a dingo would take an infant and, despite her claims of innocence, the baby’s mother Lindy Chamberlain was jailed for murder.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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Then two more children disappear while riding the carousel, and Maisie is jailed.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Incarcerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarcerate. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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