Definition of "incarcerating" [incarcerating]

• Present participle of incarcerate. (verb)

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• "I take it the judge didn't see the irony (or hypocrisy) in incarcerating a young man who had the audacity to claim that Islam suppressed free speech."
• "U.S. a world leader in incarcerating and executing its citizens, especially its citizens of color."
• "There is no ’social interest’ in incarcerating a teenage boy."