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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

Those numbers, however, don't amount to much in the grand scheme, given the rate at which Louisiana "incarcerates and prosecutes and entangles people in the criminal legal system left and right every day," Romero said.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2024

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

The researchers found a prison system hostile to the needs of the people it incarcerates.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 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

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

Prisons in England and Wales are a matter of months away from reaching capacity, with Ministry of Justice data showing as of Monday 87,499 people were incarcerated, taking prison population levels up to 98.2%.

From BBC ● 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

Walters was incarcerated for a decade when he was suddenly discovered by online creators and reality TV denizens.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

If she was incarcerated, her lawyer could file a writ of habeas corpus, which gives prisoners the right to challenge their imprisonment.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

"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

“Is there a willingness to concede that incarcerating someone with dementia,” she asks, “is, maybe, questionable?”

From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2023

“This is not coercing people, this is not ticketing or incarcerating people,” Bass said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2022

Cost of incarcerating one juvenile for life: $2.5 million.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater




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