incarcerating

verb

present participle of incarcerate
as in imprisoning
to put in or as if in prison the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year

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Recent Examples of incarcerating The goal is to reduce violence, get people proper resources, and avoid the cycle of incarcerating people dealing with poverty, addiction, and mental health. — Scott Maucione, NPR, 27 July 2026 Officials reinforced stay-at-home orders by erecting fences around some apartment buildings, essentially incarcerating occupants. — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026 In 1942, as the government was forcibly relocating and incarcerating Japanese Americans on the West Coast, a nativist group hoped to revoke the citizenship of Japanese Americans born in the United States. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026 The governor’s bill would require any state agency charged with incarcerating people to follow the standards outlined in the federal law. — Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarcerating
  1. imprisoning
  2. jailing
  3. interning
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  • Ilham Aliyev continued his father’s dictatorial legacy, imprisoning his critics and enriching his family and cronies, while polishing his country’s image by hosting Formula One events and the Eurovision Song Contest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
  • The turn of events prompt the narrator to re-examine his life as a gay Latine son of immigrants whose hometown is now imprisoning people like him.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Definition of imprisoning
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  • When individuals and institutions have spoken out against policy toward Israel, the president has wielded the power of the state to attack them, withholding funding from universities and deporting and jailing protesters.
    — Michael Fuchs, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Critics say the 12-year rule of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has marked a crackdown on civil society and jailing of political opponents.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026
Definition of jailing
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  • Likewise, taking challenging courses, engaging in summer research, interning in an area of interest, or pursuing an extracurricular activity deeply can all be meaningful endeavors.
    — Brennan Barnard, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Simmons, a native of Buffalo, New York, got his start interning for Ani DiFranco, whose Righteous Babe Records was based in town.
    — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2026
Definition of interning

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