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Definition
put in prison, or otherwise confine- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
incarcerated = imprisoned (put in prison)
- He was obviously incarcerated for a reason.Louis Sachar -- Holes
- And so they came to know the strange rules of their incarceration.Dave Eggers -- Zeitoun
- There they had all been incarcerated in a hotel, kept strictly away from their husband and father.John Hersey -- Hiroshima
- Kim is now telling me about being rescued from certain incarceration by Willow.Gayle Forman -- If I Stay
- These wicked words deserve condemnation, And women, too, may earn incarceration.Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere -- Tartuffe
- I have the usual share of kooky or annoying relatives, but nobody's been incarcerated or institutionalized."Nora Roberts -- Blood Brothers
- He did not seem terribly troubled by his incarceration, although he complained of its injustice.Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
- Every Friday night while Paul was incarcerated, we got a collect call from a federal prison.Willie & Korie Robertson -- The Duck Commander Family
- Jake was enthralled by the whole idea of my temporary incarceration, and the reasons behind it.Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
- Tak of the Archives was incarcerated for a time in the dungeons beneath Heaven.Roger Zelazny -- Lord of Light
- They knew the jails were not celled enough for all of them, so if it meant a few days' incarceration, what did it matter?William Goldman -- The Princess Bride
- Further, when my clients were incarcerated, it was left up to them to find counsel.Alexs Pate -- Amistad
- In this vault, men who had been condemned to the galleys were incarcerated until the day of their departure for Toulon.Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
- The top one read: THE DOCTOR IS: INCARCERATED.Rick Riordan -- The Blood of Olympus
- The boys he'd been arrested with had also been incarcerated, but for some reason, not at the location where Sampson was held.Sampon Davis, et. al. -- We Beat the Street
- Lastly, prison is hardly a cheap solution: it costs about $25,000 a year to keep someone incarcerated.Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
- 'He had also been incarcerated for narcotics distribution and armed robbery.Ron Suskind -- A Hope in the Unseen
- You are the first respectable citizen who has called on me since my incarceration, and being in jail makes one appreciate friends.Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
- To begin with, she's incarcerated.Sarah Dessen -- The Truth About Forever
incarcerated = imprisoned (put in prison)
incarceration = captivity (or imprisonment)