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Definition of incarcerate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

incarcerate

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verb
NAmE//ɪnˈkɑrsəˌreɪt//
 
[usually passive] incarcerate somebody (in something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they incarcerate
 
he / she / it incarcerates
 
past simple incarcerated
 
-ing form incarcerating
 
 
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to put someone in prison or in another place from which they cannot escape synonym imprison Thousands were incarcerated in labor camps.
incarceration
 
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NAmE//ɪnˌkɑrsəˈreɪʃn//
 
noun [uncountable] There have been angry protests about his arrest and incarceration.See incarcerate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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