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Verb: incarcerate  in'kaa(r)-su`reyt
  1. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
    - imprison, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol [Brit], put away, remand, prison [archaic]

Derived forms: incarcerated, incarcerates, incarcerating

See also: incarceration

Type of: confine, detain

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