Synonyms of incarcerating

incarcerating

verb

present participle of incarcerate

as in imprisoning

to put in or as if in prison

the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imprisoning
• jailing
• interning
• detaining
• confining
• arresting
• committing
• restraining
• locking (up)
• catching
• capturing
• restricting
• shutting
• apprehending
• limiting
• jugging
• immuring
• constraining
• seizing
• barring
• gating
• keeping
• impounding
• holding
• impressing
• pinching
• handcuffing
• binding
• nabbing
• busting
• shackling
• shanghaiing
• picking up
• fettering
• enchaining
• trammeling
• trammelling
• manacling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeing
• discharging
• liberating
• releasing
• emancipating
• enfranchising
• manumitting
• unchaining
• unbinding
• unfettering
• uncaging