verb
- to put or keep someone in prison or jail
Usage: formal
Examples
- The judge decided to incarcerate the defendant for five years.
- Many countries incarcerate people for non-violent drug offenses.
- The criminal was incarcerated in a maximum-security facility.
- She was incarcerated for her role in the financial fraud.
- The state plans to incarcerate fewer people by reforming sentencing laws.
- He spent ten years incarcerated before his conviction was overturned.