as in imprisoning
to put in or as if in prison
the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year
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There’s a whole history, actually, of how the Pentagon responded to the epidemic within its ranks, first by imprisoning infected men.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025 -
The United States began seizing church property and imprisoning polygamist leaders, coercing church president Wilford Woodruff to end official support for polygamy in 1890.—
Konden Smith Hansen,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2025
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But a federal lawsuit argues authorities are regularly jailing and deporting immigrants who are survivors of human trafficking, domestic abuse and other crimes.—
Julia Marnin,
Sacbee.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The state can fairly easily police the requirement that Max be installed on new phones by threatening phone companies that don’t comply or even jailing their executives.—
Justin Sherman,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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Currently serving as a story editor on the upcoming season of Apple TV’s For All Mankind, Day began his career interning at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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After interning at Good Morning America and graduating from Middlebury College, Will earned a spot on ESPN's SportsCenter and has been a correspondent for ABC News since 2018.—
Maddie Garfinkle,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Incarcerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarcerating. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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