incarcerate
verb
[ ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪt ]
• imprison or confine.
• "many are incarcerated for property offences"
Similar:
imprison,
put in prison,
send to prison,
jail,
lock up,
take into custody,
put under lock and key,
put away,
intern,
confine,
detain,
hold,
put into detention,
immure,
put in chains,
clap in irons,
hold prisoner,
hold captive,
send down,
put behind bars,
put inside,
bang someone up,
shut away,
shut up,
coop up,
cage,
Origin:
mid 16th century (earlier (late Middle English) as incarceration ): from medieval Latin incarcerat- ‘imprisoned’, from the verb incarcerare, from in- ‘into’ + Latin carcer ‘prison’.
