26984 words

incarcerated

3 definitions • 2 examples
1
past simple and past participle of
2
to put or keep someone in prison or in a place used as a prison:

Examples:

Thousands of dissidents have been interrogated or incarcerated.
3
to keep someone in a closed place and prevent them from leaving it:

Examples:

be incarcerated in We were incarcerated in that broken elevator for four hours.

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