incarcerate
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in·car·cer·ate
(ĭn-kär'sə-rāt') 
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
incarcerator in·car'cer·a'tor n.
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
- To put into jail.
- To shut in; confine.
[Medieval Latin incarcerāre, incarcerāt- : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin carcer, prison.]
incarceration in·car'cer·a'tion n.incarcerator in·car'cer·a'tor n.
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incarcerate
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Definition: put in jail, confinement
Antonyms: free, let go, release
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incarcerate
IN BRIEF: To imprison.
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incarceration
Unnatural retention or confinement of a part, e.g. of an intestinal loop.
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- Prison and Punishment - incarceration: imprisonment
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Incarcerate
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fængsle, indespærre
Nederlands (Dutch)
gevangenzetten
Français (French)
v. tr. - incarcérer
Deutsch (German)
v. - einkerkern
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - περιορίζω, φυλακίζω
Italiano (Italian)
incarcerare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - encarcerar
Русский (Russian)
заключать в тюрьму
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - encarcelar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fängsla, stänga in
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
下狱, 幽闭, 监禁
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 下獄, 幽閉, 監禁
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 투옥하다, 감금하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 監禁する, 閉じ込める, 投獄する
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يسجن, يحجز
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - אסר, כלא
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