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
According to the Marijuana Policy Project, as of 2018, there have been approximately 32,000 people still incarcerated for cannabis convictions, despite its legal status in 24 states.
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Mennlay Golokeh Aggrey, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
Family is at her core Patterson and her husband, Lance, adopted their two nephews (whose fathers were incarcerated) and raised them through high school, IndyWeek reported.
—Evan Moore
october 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
Research shows that incarcerated trans women face disproportionate levels of harassment and violence.
—Quispe López, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
He had been most recently incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison and had been denied parole 12 times, the last time in April 2012.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Mennlay Golokeh Aggrey, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
Family is at her core Patterson and her husband, Lance, adopted their two nephews (whose fathers were incarcerated) and raised them through high school, IndyWeek reported.
—Evan Moore
october 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
Research shows that incarcerated trans women face disproportionate levels of harassment and violence.
—Quispe López, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
He had been most recently incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison and had been denied parole 12 times, the last time in April 2012.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Some years after defeating Ganon, Link and Zelda stumble across an underground tomb where the decrepit corpse of the villain’s human form, Ganondorf (played again by Critical Role’s Matt Mercer), is imprisoned.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Starring Daniel Chen and based on Chen’s life, Bad Boy tells the story of Dean, who is imprisoned in a cruel juvenile detention facility.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, August 11, 2023.—
Dawn Giel,Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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Davis later violated the terms of his sentence and was jailed for the remainder of it.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Incarcerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarcerate. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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