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incarcerated

incarcerated adjective: imprisoned. Also the simple past and past participle of incarcerate.

Adjective

incarcerated

  1. Imprisoned.
  2. Of an organ or tissue, physically trapped, confined, or wedged into an abnormal position and that cannot return to its natural location.

Also used as

incarcerated is also the simple past and past participle of incarcerate.

Examples of incarcerated in a sentence

  • Many of the J6ers had never been incarcerated before, and jail came as a shock.
  • Some husbands are too lordful over their wives and make them feel incarcerated in their marriage.
  • From his cell, Aquino led the People's Power movement and ran for president despite being incarcerated.

All 17 example sentences with incarcerated

Words formed from incarcerated

Questions about incarcerated

What does incarcerated mean?
Incarcerated means imprisoned.
What part of speech is incarcerated?
Incarcerated is an adjective.

Words near incarcerated in the dictionary

  1. incapsulation
  2. incapsulations
  3. incar
  4. incarcerable
  5. incarcerate
  6. incarcerated
  7. incarcerates
  8. incarcerating
  9. incarceration
  10. incarcerations
  11. incarcerative

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