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How to pronounce incarcerate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms gaol, immure, imprison, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand
Type of confine, detain
Derivation incarceration


the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life.

Examples of incarcerate

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So the state of Maryland plans to incarcerate him until it's his time to testify.
From the time.com
We incarcerate our citizens, placing them in a deep dark hole for petty crimes.
From the economist.com
No government program has worked less effectively than the race to incarcerate.
From the freep.com
Nationwide, $68.7 billion is spent to incarcerate 2.3 million people annually.
From the freep.com
We would debrief him and then we would incarcerate him, probably in a military prison.
From the voanews.com
Between 69% and 79% of the children we incarcerate reoffend within a year.
From the guardian.co.uk
This guy will be costly to incarcerate due to his age and potential health related issues.
From the ocregister.com
He would incarcerate undocumented immigrants in tent cities while they await deportation.
From the sltrib.com
If the Feds want to enforce and incarcerate, let it be their resources.
From the economist.com
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  • Imprison: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
  • (incarceration) captivity: the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"
  • A prison (from Old French prisoun) is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. ...
  • (Incarcerated (album)) Incarcerated is the third studio album by American rapper Lil Boosie. It is to be released on September 28, 2010. And features appearences from Webbie, Foxx, Mouse on Tha Track, Lil' Phat, Lil Trill, & Shell. It will be his first album while he is Incacerated in prison.
  • Incarceration is the detention of a person in jail, typically as punishment for a crime. People are most commonly incarcerated upon suspicion or conviction of committing a crime, and different jurisdictions have differing laws governing the function of incarceration within an larger system of ...
  • To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law; To confine
  • (incarceration) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment; Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia; A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation
  • (Incarcerated) The offender is still in prison, although the inmate could be temporarily out to court, etc.
  • (Incarcerated) The status of a borrower who is serving a criminal sentence in a federal, state, or local penitentiary, prison, jail, reformatory, work farm, or other similar correctional institution. ...