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Meaning of incarcerate in English
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈkɑrsəˌreɪt/
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Verb
incarcerate
Etymology
mid 16th century (earlier (late Middle English) as incarceration): from medieval Latin incarcerat-‘imprisoned’, from the verb incarcerare, from in-‘into’ + Latin carcer‘prison’
Definitions
1.
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Examples
« The suspects were imprisoned without trial »
« the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life »