Incarcerate

Verb

 * 1) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
 * 2) To confine.

Synonyms

 * imprison
 * jail

Derived terms

 * incarceration

Related terms

 * carceral
 * carcerate

Thesaurus
bastille, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bolt in, bound, box in, cage, cast in prison, chamber, clap in jail, clap up, close in, compass, confine, constrain, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, fence in, gaol, hedge in, hem in, hold captive, hold in captivity, hold prisoner, house in, immure, impound, imprison, include, intern, jail, jug, kennel, leaguer, lock in, lock up, mew, mew up, pen, pen in, pocket, quarantine, quod, rail in, shrine, shut in, shut up, stable, surround, throw into jail, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up

Etymology
From incarceratus:, past participle of incarcerare:, from  in: + carcer:, meaning "put behind lines (bars)" – Latin root is of a lattice or grid. Related to cancel: and chancel:.

See also carcerate: and cancer:.

Translations

 * Chinese: 禁闭 (jinbi)
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: indespære,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: incarcérer, imprisonner
 * German:


 * Greek: φυλακίσει (phylakísei)
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 投獄する (tōgoku suru)
 * Latin: incarcerare, in carcerem conjicere
 * Polish: uwięziony
 * Russian: заключить в тюрьму (zaklyuchit v turmu)
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:


 * Italian:

Verb
incarcerate


 * 1) second-person plural present tense of incarcerare
 * 2) second-person plural imperative of incarcerare
 * 3) feminine plural past participle of incarcerare

Anagrams

 * accentrerai