as in to imprison
to put in or as if in prison
the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year
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In 2010, Georgia launched a housing voucher program for people with mental illness who are chronically homeless, incarcerated, or continually in and out of emergency rooms.
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Sam Whitehead, NPR, 21 Nov. 2024
The Bad Boy Records founder has been incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since his September arrest.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
In Florin, where 2,500 Japanese residents had been incarcerated, the strawberry industry would never return to its golden years.
—Jake Whitney, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Marian Price was incarcerated at the time of her sister’s death, but was given a several-hour furlough to attend Dolours’s wake, and was released from prison later that year.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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Sam Whitehead, NPR, 21 Nov. 2024
The Bad Boy Records founder has been incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since his September arrest.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
In Florin, where 2,500 Japanese residents had been incarcerated, the strawberry industry would never return to its golden years.
—Jake Whitney, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Marian Price was incarcerated at the time of her sister’s death, but was given a several-hour furlough to attend Dolours’s wake, and was released from prison later that year.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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“Incarcerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarcerate. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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