Definition of "incarcerate" []

• To put into jail. (verb-transitive)
• To shut in; confine. (verb-transitive)

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• "Since the decision to incarcerate is a Judicial one, how can the YJB achieve a target in which they have no say whatsoever? on June 16, 2008 at 8: 48 am | Reply John"
• "Pak's failure to 'incarcerate' Saeed behind 'failed' Indo-Pak Secy level talks: Analysts Sharm-el-SHEIKH - Pakistan's dilly dallying attitude over prosecuting Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) chief Hafeez Mohammad Saeed, the prime accused in the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, has served a heavy blow to the much awaited dialogue between India and Pakistan on the margins of the NAM summit here, as the Foreign Secretary level talk between both the nations have failed to produce any substantial results."
• "On verse 20: Nope -- "shut up" means two things in modern English, but the Greek κατακλείω only has the sense of 'incarcerate'."