incarcerate
Incarcerated: jailed, imprisoned, confined, shut inIncarcerated: jailed, imprisoned, confined, shut in.
» Tom was incarcerated for a while.
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1 senses(archaic, not comparable, obsolete)Incarcerated: jailed, imprisoned, confined, shut in.
Examples
24 sentencesTom was incarcerated for a while.
Not all criminals need to be incarcerated.
ruНе всех преступников нужно лишать свободы. — odexed
I'd been incarcerated before.
Who has been incarcerated?
Tom is incarcerated.
Origin
The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1575; borrowed from Medieval Latin inThe adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1575; borrowed from Medieval Latin incarcerātus, perfect passive participle of incarcerō (“to imprison”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin in- (“in”) + carcer (“a prison”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
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