incarcerate
verb
- throw in jail
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɑː.səˌɹeɪt/ / /ɪnˈkɑɹ.səˌɹeɪt/
adj
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1575; borrowed from Medieval Latin incarcerātus, perfect passive participle of incarcerō (“to imprison”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin in- (“in”) + carcer (“a prison”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
- Incarcerated: jailed, imprisoned, confined, shut in.
“Tane and incarcerat, kepit heir an there”
“Nor is that radiant force in humane kind / Extinguiſht quite, he that did them create / Can thoſe dull ruſty chains of ſleep unbind, / And rear the ſoul unto her ſristin ſtate: / He can them ſo inlarge and elevate / And ſpreaden out, that they can compaſſe all, / When they no longer be incarcerate / In this dark dungeon, this foul fleſhy wall, / Nor be no longer wedg’d in things corporeall: […]”
verb
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1575; borrowed from Medieval Latin incarcerātus, perfect passive participle of incarcerō (“to imprison”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin in- (“in”) + carcer (“a prison”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
- To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
“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.”
“In 2021, a judge found that Angola was providing inadequate medical care to its incarcerated population.”
- To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.