transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnkɑ:(r)səreɪt ]
( incarcerates, incarcerating, incarcerated)
If people are incarcerated , they are kept in a prison or other place. ( FORMAL )
They were incarcerated for the duration of the war...
It can cost $40,000 to $50,000 to incarcerate a prisoner for a year.
= imprison
VERB : be V-ed , V n
• in‧car‧cera‧tion
...her mother’s incarceration in a psychiatric hospital.
= imprisonment
N-UNCOUNT