VERB | social | incarcerate, imprison, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail |
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Sounds | ihnkaa'rserey.t | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | They want to incarcerate the prisoners | |
Example | "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" | |
Synonyms | imprison, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand | |
Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Broader | confine, detain | deprive of freedom |
Spanish | apresar, aprisionar, encarcelar | |
Catalan | empresonar, encarcerar, engarjolar | |
Nouns | incarceration | the state of being imprisoned |
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