carcerate

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verb

To imprison or confine.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verbcarcerate (third-person singular simple present carcerates, present participle carcerating, simple past and past participle carcerated)

present singular third person carcerates · participle present carcerating · participle past carcerated · past carcerated

  1. rareTo imprison or confine.

    Synonyms: incarcerate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo imprison or confine.

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