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incarcerate

[in-kahr-suh-rayt, in-kahr-ser-it, -suh-rayt] / ɪnˈkɑr səˌreɪt, ɪnˈkɑr sər ɪt, -səˌreɪt /


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Arleo, the federal judge in Newark, N.J., said she had no power to review or oversee the bankruptcy process or incarcerate individuals unless they are charged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

President Bukele made the offer to incarcerate deportees and prisoners from the US at the Cecot during a recent visit to the Central American nation by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025

States that build more prisons incarcerate more people.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2024

We can’t arrest, incarcerate and punish our way out of this complex problem.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2024

“I see they spared no expense to incarcerate us,” I say.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

The U.S. incarcerates so many in its 1,700 prisons that it held the dubious distinction of being the world leader in incarceration for 30 years.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2024

It isn’t clear why she was serving her sentence at Hiland, which typically incarcerates state prisoners.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023

Castellanos was only the eighth inmate granted compassionate release this year across a prison system that incarcerates about 95,000 people, said Mary Xjimenez, a spokeswoman for the state corrections department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

And although lawmakers have sought to draw down prison populations across the United States, which incarcerates its citizens at a higher rate than any other country, post-conviction reform lags.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022

The frost which imprisons the alligator in the Mississippi as effectually cuts him off from food and action as the drought which incarcerates the crocodile in the sun-burnt clay of a Ceylon tank.

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Sir James Emerson Tennent

It didn’t matter that “While incarcerated, Christa worked to heal the impact of childhood abuse and neglect.”

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

The great Barry Corbin, of “Northern Exposure” and “The Closer,” shows up as a sketchy character Woody’s incarcerated father owes money to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Earlier this year, Kao agreed to meet a ProPublica reporter at the Federal Prison Camp in Yankton, South Dakota, where he is incarcerated.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

James claimed he was handling the case of Monk’s incarcerated adult child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

One unusual aspect was that the suspect already was in custody, arrested seven months earlier for insurance fraud and now incarcerated in Philadelphia’s Moyamensing Prison.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

"If you're going to ban smacking effectively, are we going to band grounding children because you're taking away the freedom? You're incarcerating children."

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

All litigation is frozen, including cases where the DOJ was investigating and litigating jurisdictions for incarcerating people in inhumane conditions, and the department is throwing out some preexisting consent decrees.

From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2025

County has repeatedly come under fire from the board, which oversees correctional facilities statewide, for incarcerating young people in dangerous facilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

The cost of incarcerating an unhoused person is approximately $106,000 per year — and that does not account for policing and court administration expenses.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024

It would be, in effect, paying the government for incarcerating him for a month.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers




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