Incarcerate \In*car"cer*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incarcerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incarcerating}.] [Pref. in- in + L. carceratus, p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr. carcer prison.] 1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.
2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.
{Incarcerated hernia} (Med.), hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced.
incarcerate \in*car"cer*ate\, incarcerated \in*car"cer*at*ed\, a. Imprisoned. --Dr. H. More.
"If for some reason (the sentence) is ever challenged, this court will, in fact, incarcerate Victor Posner," he said in February.
In the area of criminal justice, Harvard Law Prof. Charles Ogletree observed that this country spends "7 million a year to incarcerate black males and less than 10% of that amount" to educate this same demographic.
On Wednesday, the army established a new prison for Arab detainees north of Jerusalem to help incarcerate the 5,000 Palestinians arrested since the uprising began.