incarcerates
Puts behind bars
Incarcerates means puts in prison or confines.
The word is formal and appears most often in legal, journalistic, or policy contexts: The state incarcerates more people per capita than any other.
It emphasizes the act of imprisonment itself rather than the crime or sentence.
Confines as punishment
confines · restrains · secures · interns · commits · remands · houses · keeps
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- correctional facilityInstitution housing convicted offenders
- detention centerPlace for confining detainees
cell · lockup · stockade · brig · dungeon · reformatory · workhouse · gulag
Lawful detentions by police
- apprehendsCaptures or comprehends
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
- indictsFormally accuses of crime
- convictsImprisoned felons
sentences · prosecutes · tries · arraigns · books · processes · commits · remands
Confined facility resident
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
- detaineePerson held in custody
- convictJailed offender after trial
- captiveOne held by force
offender · felon · warden · guard · jailer · corrections officer · probation officer · parole board
imprisons
Confines as punishment
locks up · confines · restrains · secures · interns · commits · remands · houses · keeps · contains
prison
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- correctional facilityInstitution housing convicted offenders
detention center · cell · lockup · stockade · brig · dungeon · reformatory · workhouse · gulag · camp
arrests
Lawful detentions by police
- apprehendsCaptures or comprehends
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
- indictsFormally accuses of crime
convicts · sentences · prosecutes · tries · arraigns · books · processes · commits · remands · extradites
inmate
Confined facility resident
captive · offender · felon · warden · guard · jailer · corrections officer · probation officer · parole board · defendant
punishes
Inflicts consequences for wrongdoing
- penalizesImposes punishment for wrongdoing
- sentencesPunishments or complete thoughts
- disciplinesBranches of knowledge
corrects · sanctions · condemns · banishes · exiles · deports · confiscates · strips · revokes · restricts
- punishespunishes, penalizes, disciplines, chastises, castigates
incarceratesfrees
Removes from captivity
releases · liberates · discharges · emancipates · lets go
incarceratesliberates
Sets free from captivity
frees · unshackles · unchains · looses · unleashes
incarceratesacquits
Declares legally innocent
exonerates · absolves · pardons · clears · vindicates
- mass incarcerationExcessive imprisonment at scale
- incarceration ratesMeasure of imprisoned population
- formerly incarceratedHaving served time previously
incarcerate, incarceration, incarcerated, incarcerating, incarcerations