as in imprisoning
to put in or as if in prison
the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year
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Recent Examples of incarcerating
Officials reinforced stay-at-home orders by erecting fences around some apartment buildings, essentially incarcerating occupants.
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Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2026
In 1942, as the government was forcibly relocating and incarcerating Japanese Americans on the West Coast, a nativist group hoped to revoke the citizenship of Japanese Americans born in the United States.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
The governor’s bill would require any state agency charged with incarcerating people to follow the standards outlined in the federal law.
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Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
20 Feb. 2026
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2026
In 1942, as the government was forcibly relocating and incarcerating Japanese Americans on the West Coast, a nativist group hoped to revoke the citizenship of Japanese Americans born in the United States.
—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
The governor’s bill would require any state agency charged with incarcerating people to follow the standards outlined in the federal law.
—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarcerating
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Trump, in one of his Truth Social posts, cited laws against defacing monuments as grounds for imprisoning anyone harming the pool.
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Adam’s been shuttled off to Earth along with the coveted Sword of Power in the aftermath of evil Skeletor (Jared Leto, having a great time in the part) and his horrid denizens taking over his home planet and imprisoning his parents.
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Some chants from the crowd called for jailing the officer who killed Love.
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Some compared him to El Salvador’s authoritarian president, Nayib Bukele, who is widely popular throughout Latin America for jailing alleged gang members with no due process.
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Pruitt also ran varsity cross-country and track and spent last summer interning for the Henry County Water Authority, tapping into his passion for clean water and the environment.
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Those formative years interning at the DA’s office sent her on a journey into Big Law, then multimillion-dollar legal entrepreneurship.
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“Incarcerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarcerating. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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