incarcerate

• Verbo que significa prender alguém, colocá-lo na prisão, ou restringir sua liberdade, geralmente como punição por um crime.

A verb meaning to imprison or confine someone, typically as a punishment for a crime.

1. ImprisonB2formal

   To lock up or confine someone in a jail or prison.

   Encarcerar

   • The court decided to incarcerate the criminal for ten years.
   • The dictator incarcerated his political opponents without trial.
   • He was incarcerated for his role in the robbery.

   Sinônimoscageconfinedetainimprisoninternjaillock upput behind bars

   Antônimosdischargeemancipatefreeliberaterelease

2. Confine broadlyC1formal

   To confine or restrict someone as if in a prison; to trap or enclose.

   Encarcerar

   • Her fear of failure incarcerated her in a life of inaction.
   • The prisoner of war was incarcerated in a small cell.
   • The company's bureaucracy seemed to incarcerate all creative ideas.

   Sinônimoscageconfinedetainencloseimmureimprisoninternjaillock uppenrestrainrestrict

   Antônimosemancipatefreeliberaterelease