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
Some are inexperienced, others are too young, and then there are those who were disenfranchised such as the formerly incarcerated.
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Marianne Love, Daily News, 4 June 2026
Chad Ollinger is incarcerated in Las Vegas jail after being charged with evading arrest in Texas in November 2024.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026
He was sentenced to four years in federal prison and remains incarcerated at a minimum-security prison in New Jersey.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Could the gentleman be incarcerated?
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
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Marianne Love, Daily News, 4 June 2026
Chad Ollinger is incarcerated in Las Vegas jail after being charged with evading arrest in Texas in November 2024.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026
He was sentenced to four years in federal prison and remains incarcerated at a minimum-security prison in New Jersey.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Could the gentleman be incarcerated?
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
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Ordinary Belarusians who took part in protests were rounded up and prosecuted, landing hundreds in the country’s notoriously brutal jails, while key opposition figures were imprisoned or forced into exile.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
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Shirilla, who is currently imprisoned in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, will be eligible for parole in 2037.—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 May 2026
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The 36-year-old was jailed for most of his life.—
Marianne Love,
Daily News,
4 June 2026
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If others remain jailed, Lukashenko keeps something to trade later.—
Tatsiana Kulakevich,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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“Incarcerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarcerate. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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