incarcerate

(ĭn-kär'sə-rāt')
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

1. To put into jail.
2. 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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verb

To put in jail: confine, detain, immure, imprison, intern, jail, lock (up). See free/unfree.

v

Definition: put in jail, confinement
Antonyms: free, let go, release

IN BRIEF: To imprison.

The judge had no choice but to incarcerate the convicted criminal.

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Unnatural retention or confinement of a part, e.g. of an intestinal loop.

For a list of words related to incarceration, see:

• Prison and Punishment - incarceration: imprisonment

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See words rhyming with "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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