Incarcerate is a verb that means to imprison or confine someone, typically as a result of a legal decision or criminal conviction. It involves the act of putting someone into a jail or prison, restricting their freedom. The term is often associated with legal and criminal contexts, but can also be used more generally when referring to any situation where someone is locked up or held against their will. In Indonesian, incarcerate can be translated as menahan or memenjarakan.
Synonyms:
- Imprison
- Jail
- Detain
- Confine
- Lock up
- Put in prison
- Keep in custody
- Restrain
- Hold captive
- Intern
- Enclose
- Cordon off
- Restrict
- Detain
- Trap
Sentences Using “Incarcerate”:
- The court decided to incarcerate the defendant for his role in the robbery.
- The government plans to incarcerate those involved in the organized crime ring.
- They were incarcerated for several years before being released on parole.
- It is unjust to incarcerate someone based solely on their political beliefs.
- The criminal was incarcerated for a series of violent crimes.
- The authorities decided to incarcerate him until further investigation could be done.
- He was wrongfully incarcerated for a crime he didn’t commit.
- Many people argue that the justice system should rehabilitate, not just incarcerate.
- His actions were severe enough to incarcerate him for a long time.
- The law will incarcerate individuals who repeatedly violate the terms of their probation.
Related Words:
- Imprison
- Detain
- Confine
- Jail
- Lock up
- Restrain
- Custody
- Put away
- Hold captive
- Intern
- Restrict
- Put in prison
- Confinement
- Capture
- Trap
Phrasal Verbs Related to “Incarcerate”:
- Lock up (to incarcerate or imprison someone)
- Put behind bars (to incarcerate someone in jail or prison)
- Send to prison (to officially decide to incarcerate someone)
- Take into custody (to arrest or detain someone, leading to incarceration)
- Throw in jail (to imprison someone, often quickly or forcefully)
- Serve time (to spend time incarcerated in prison)
- Put away (to incarcerate someone, often for a long time)
- Keep in custody (to detain someone in a secure place, like a jail)
- Break out (to escape from incarceration)
- Lock away (to imprison someone or lock them up in a place)
Idiomatic Expressions Related to “Incarcerate”:
- Behind bars (in prison)
- In the clink (slang for being incarcerated)
- In the slammer (slang for jail or prison)
- Banged up (slang for being incarcerated)
- In the hoosegow (slang for jail)
- Thrown in the can (slang for being incarcerated)
- In the big house (slang for a large prison)
- Put away for good (to incarcerate someone for life)
- Locked up for life (to be incarcerated for a very long time, often life)
- Thrown away the key (to imprison someone for life, as if they will never be released)
