| English verb: incarcerate | |||
| 1. | incarcerate (social) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | ||
| Samples | The suspects were imprisoned without trial. The murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life. | ||
| Examples | They want to incarcerate the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | gaol, immure, imprison, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confine, detain | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||