If we incarcerate these old men, we can take control.
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Incarcerate
//ɪnˈkɑɹ.səˌɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "incarcerate" (86 found)
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49 translations across 27 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- բանտարկել verb (to lock away in prison)
Bulgarian
2 entries- затварям verb (to confine)
- хвърлям в затвора verb (to lock away in prison)
Catalan
2 entries- empresonar verb (to lock away in prison)
- encarcerar verb (to lock away in prison)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 監禁 /监禁 verb (to lock away in prison)
- 禁閉 /禁闭 verb (to lock away in prison)
Czech
1 entries- věznit verb (to lock away in prison)
Danish
2 entries- fængsle verb (to lock away in prison)
- indespære verb (to lock away in prison)
Dutch
3 entries- gevangenzetten verb (to lock away in prison)
- intomen verb (to confine)
- opsluiten verb (to lock away in prison)
Finnish
1 entries- vangita verb (to lock away in prison)
French
2 entries- imprisonner verb (to lock away in prison)
- incarcérer verb (to lock away in prison)
German
1 entries- einsperren verb (to lock away in prison)
Greek
2 entries- φυλακίζω verb (to lock away in prison)
- φυλακίζω verb (to confine)
Hungarian
1 entries- bebörtönöz verb (to lock away in prison)
Irish
1 entries- cuir i ngéibheann verb (to lock away in prison)
Italian
3 entries- imprigionare verb (to lock away in prison)
- imprigionare verb (to confine)
- incarcerare verb (to lock away in prison)
Japanese
1 entries- 投獄する verb (to lock away in prison)
Māori
2 entries- mauhere verb (to lock away in prison)
- whakaherehere verb (to lock away in prison)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- desteser kirin verb (to confine)
- girtin verb (to confine)
- hefs kirin verb (to lock away in prison)
- hefs kirin verb (to confine)
Occitan
1 entries- encarcerar verb (to lock away in prison)
Polish
1 entries- uwięzić verb (to lock away in prison)
Portuguese
3 entries- aprisionar verb (to lock away in prison)
- encarcerar verb (to lock away in prison)
- prender verb (to lock away in prison)
Romanian
2 entries- încarcera verb (to lock away in prison)
- închide verb (to lock away in prison)
Russian
2 entries- заключа́ть в тюрьму́ verb (to lock away in prison)
- заключи́ть в тюрьму́ verb (to lock away in prison)
Spanish
1 entries- encarcelar verb (to lock away in prison)
Swedish
1 entries- inspärra verb (to lock away in prison)
Thai
1 entries- จำคุก verb (to lock away in prison)
Turkish
3 entries- hapsetmek verb (to lock away in prison)
- hapsetmek verb (to confine)
- sınırlamak verb (to confine)
Ukrainian
1 entries- увʼязнювати verb (to lock away in prison)
Sample sentences
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It is immoral, unethical and unacceptable to incarcerate people for the purpose of generating profit.
Source: tatoeba (11915352)
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.
Source: wiktionary
In 2021, a judge found that Angola was providing inadequate medical care to its incarcerated population.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.