Definition of "incarcerate" in Englisch

verb

1. (chiefly US, transitive) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.

2. (transitive) To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.

adjective

1. (obsolete as a participle, archaic as a participial adjective) Incarcerated: jailed, imprisoned, confined, shut in.