incarcerate
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
incarcerate (incarcerates, present participle incarcerating; past and past participle incarcerated)
- To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
- 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, "Life in a Russian Prison ↗," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
- Tolokonnikova has also been an effective public speaker even while incarcerated, but she has spoken out on politics and freedom in general rather than prisoners’ rights.
- 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, "Life in a Russian Prison ↗," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
- To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.
- French: incarcérer, imprisonner
- German: einsperren
- Italian: incarcerare, imprigionare
- Portuguese: prender, encarcerar, aprisionar
- Russian: заключа́ть в тюрьму́
- Spanish: encarcelar
- Italian: imprigionare
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