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
Mansfield pleaded guilty to a California murder to avoid the death penalty in Florida and has been incarcerated since 1982.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2026
An innocent yet incarcerated Boston man (Sam Worthington) gets an inkling that the son he’s been convicted of killing might well be alive.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
He was convicted and sentenced six years later but was initially incarcerated at home with an ankle monitor pending his appeals.
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Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Bailee was born when Jelly Roll was 23 and incarcerated for drug dealing.
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Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for incarcerate
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2026
An innocent yet incarcerated Boston man (Sam Worthington) gets an inkling that the son he’s been convicted of killing might well be alive.
—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
He was convicted and sentenced six years later but was initially incarcerated at home with an ankle monitor pending his appeals.
—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Bailee was born when Jelly Roll was 23 and incarcerated for drug dealing.
—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarcerate
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He was imprisoned for organizing the assassination of Polish Interior Minister Bronisław Pieracki in 1934.
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Elyas said his father did not have high blood pressure before his detainment and developed the condition while imprisoned.
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Some chants from the crowd called for jailing the officer who killed Love.
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Catis was jailed for 12 years after pleading guilty to possessing and intending to distribute nitazenes.
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“Incarcerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarcerate. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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