Incarcerate 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam as a legal term in English in real context with images, synonyms and antonyms for GRE candidates and advanced learners of English
/ɪnˈkɑː.sər.eɪt/ (verb)
Definition
to put or keep someone in prison or jail for punishment, confine, imprison, hold prisoner, detain, put in prison
Example
Determinate terms of imprisonment
A determinate term of imprisonment may be for any period of time from one day to thirty years. The criminal justice authorities always count a month’s imprisonment as thirty days, regardless of the actual number of days in the month during which someone is incarcerated. This means that a one-year prison sentence lasts 360 instead of 365 days. Persons who have been sentenced to a determinate term of imprisonment may qualify for release on parole.
Life imprisonment
In the Netherlands, life imprisonment really means imprisonment for the rest of one’s life. Someone sentenced to life imprisonment can only be released if the king grants him a pardon. There are currently about 30 prisoners in the Netherlands serving life sentences.
Source of example: https://www.government.nl/
Antonyms
be at large, exempt, release, free
Parts of speech
Adjective: incarcerated
Noun: incarceration
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