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incarcerate
verb [T] /ɪnˈkɑː.sər.eɪt/
/-ˈkɑːr.sə.reɪt/ Definition
› formal to put or keep someone in prison or in a place used as a prison: Thousands of dissidents have been interrogated or incarcerated.Putting people in prison › to keep someone in a closed place and prevent them from leaving it: We were incarcerated in that broken elevator for four hours.Putting people in prison incarceration
/ɪnˌkɑː.sərˈeɪ.ʃən/
/-ˌkɑːr.səˈreɪ-/ noun [U] Putting people in prison
/-ˌkɑːr.səˈreɪ-/ noun [U] Putting people in prison (Definition of incarcerate verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom
- bang sb up phrasal verb
- behind bars idiom
- captivity noun
- commit verb (SEND)
- confine verb
- gaol noun, verb
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