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incarcerate

verb

/ɪnˈkɑːrsəreɪt/

Meaning

to imprison or confine someone

The authorities incarcerated the criminal after the trial.

imprison, jail, confine, detain, lock up

release, free, liberate

incarcerate criminals, incarcerated population, wrongfully incarcerated, incarcerate offenders

To perceive or recognize something; to distinguish with difficulty by sight or with the other senses...

to think deeply about something that makes one unhappy; also, a group of young birds hatched at the...

to interfere in something that is not one's concern

to understand or explain something wrongly

to cause difficulties, troubles, or harassment; to surround with military forces

to look at written words and understand their meaning