Definitions and Synonyms of incarcerate | Another word for incarcerate | What is incarcerate?
Definition 1: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail - [verb of social]Samples where incarcerate or its synonyms are used according to this definition
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
Synonyms for incarcerate in the sense of this definition
(incarcerate is a kind of ...) deprive of freedom; take into confinement
(incarcerate belongs to category ...) the collection of rules imposed by authority
"civilization presupposes respect for the law" "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
Samples where incarcerate or its synonyms are used according to this definition
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life