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incarcerate (verb), incarcerates; incarcerated; incarcerating
1. To lock up or to confine in a prison or jail: The police plan to incarcerate the drunken man overnight to prevent any conflicts on the street.
2. To imprison; to enclose; to constrict closely; such as, in a prison: The film, "Birdman of Alcatraz", is the story of a man who was incarcerated for many decades.
3. Etymology: from Medieval Latin incarceratus, incarcerare, "to imprison"; from Latin in, "in" + carcer, "a prison"; meaning "to put behind lines or bars".
Judge orders imprisonment and throw away the key .
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Prisoner treats guard as if he were a porter in a hotel.
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Singing that is driving a cell-mate crazy.
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To put in a jail or into a prison; to imprison. (3)