Incarcerate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To put into jail.
  • v. To shut in; confine.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
  • v. To confine.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.
  • v. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.
  • adj. Imprisoned.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To imprison; confine in a jail.
  • To confine; shut up or inclose; constrict closely: as, incarcerated hernia.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    detain    confine   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    imprison    confine    imprisoned    jail