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incarcerate

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1. incarcerate - Adjective

2. incarcerate - Verb

Meaning

To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.

To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.

Imprisoned.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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If people are being upstanding citizens of the Republic, then you have to widen the net to incarcerate them. This explains why America's prisons are full of nonviolent offenders - a perfect example of American exceptionalism. Henry Rollins

Think about how much it costs to incarcerate someone. Do we want them just sitting in prison, lifting weights, becoming violent and thinking about the next crime? Or do we want them having a little purpose in life and learning a skill? John Ensign

The suspects were imprisoned without trial Source: Internet

the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life Source: Internet

"All of these actors want the power to have discretion to incarcerate anybody who they feel should be incarcerated. Source: Internet

In America all three branches of the U.S. government, ostensibly operating under the U.S. Constitution, ignored the Bill of Rights in order to incarcerate Japanese Americans. Source: Internet

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