English > incarcerate: 1 sense > verb 1, socialMeaning | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
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Model | They want to incarcerate the prisoners |
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Example | "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" |
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Synonyms | imprison, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand |
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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Broader | confine, detain | deprive of freedom |
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Spanish | apresar, aprisionar, encarcelar |
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Catalan | empresonar, encarcerar, engarjolar |
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Nouns | incarceration | the state of being imprisoned |
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