incarcerate
verb (used with object)
incarcerates
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present tense formof incarcerate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The West Virginia corrections department incarcerates about 10,000 people on a typical day, while the federal system houses more than 150,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025
It isn’t clear why she was serving her sentence at Hiland, which typically incarcerates state prisoners.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Our prison system incarcerates two million people more than any other country on earth.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2022
The episode illustrates how a system of preferences geared to stop the virus where it is most destructive may clash with other values in a nation that incarcerates more people than does any other.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2021
He has a number of Indian policemen to assist him in preserving order, and a gaol in Metlakahtla, in which he incarcerates malefactors.
From Metlakahtla and the North Pacific Mission by Eugene Stock
