incarcerate
verb (used with object)
incarcerated
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past participleof incarcerate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof incarcerate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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Walters was incarcerated for a decade when he was suddenly discovered by online creators and reality TV denizens.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Also discovered were pages from the Daily Express newspaper in 1966 detailing the "maximum security" prison where the Great Train Robbers were incarcerated.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
William Maxwell, who has been incarcerated for over a decade and says he is entitled to be transferred to a halfway house or home confinement, worked from a prison library in Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
He was separated from his young son and spent more than 18 years incarcerated, all while maintaining his innocence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Accordingly, a formerly incarcerated person living at or below the poverty level can be charged by four or five departments at once and can be required to surrender 100 percent of his or her earnings.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
