INCARCERATED

Definition: INCARCERATED

INCARCERATED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Incarcerate

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "INCARCERATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references)

Synonyms by domain: incarcerating (medicine).

Crosswords: INCARCERATED

English words defined with "INCARCERATED": Incarcerated hernia. (references)

Specialty definitions using "INCARCERATED": correction officer ♦ Doubting Castle ♦ Olympian Jove ♦ POLICE OFFICER II ♦ supervisor, education and custody. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	The Incarcerated Woman: Rehabilative Programming in Women's Prisons (reference) (more book examples)
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	The infamous Bilibid Prison Some Coast Surveyors were incarcerated here by the Japanese in WWII.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Marching the prisoners at Bilibid Prison Some Coast Surveyors were incarcerated here by the Japanese in WWII.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Village of Attu on Attu Island. Attu was one of two Aleutian islands captured by Japanese forces during the Second World War. A tragedy occurred here as the Weather Bureau observer and his wife attempted suicide during the Japanese invasion. The observer succeeded but his wife survived and was incarcerated for the duration of the war. F&WS B-50338.Credit: America's Coastlines.
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Play	Caption
	Clink; jail; prison; behind bars; locked up; lock up; lock down; incarceration; incarcerated; Bastille; big cage; big house; big school; black hole; booby hatch; brig; bull pen; caboose; cage; calaboose; can; cell; cooler; coop; county hotel; death house.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Treatment for incarcerated drug abusers must include continuing care, monitoring, and supervision after release and during parole. (references)
		In addition, a variety of other special settings and subpopulations at increased risk, including incarcerated youth and adults, and individuals with chronic mental illnesses, deserve greater attention. (references)
		Homeless, chronically mentally ill, runaway, incarcerated, HIV-positive, and physically and developmentally challenged persons face obstacles that affect their ability to initiate and maintain behavior change. (references)
Children	Bangladesh	Few facilities exist for children whose parents are incarcerated. (references)
	Rwanda	Although the Penal Code prohibits the imprisonment of children with adults, the ICRC reported that many children, most of whom are age 2 or younger, are incarcerated with their mothers. (references)
	Rwanda	In 1999 the ICRC reported that approximately 570 children who were under the age of 14 at the time of their arrest were incarcerated on genocide-related charges; an undetermined number of children under the age of 14 still were incarcerated on genocide-related charges at year's end. (references)
Civil Liberties	Congo	One journalist remained incarcerated at year's end. (references)
	Comoros	One citizen was released after 4 months; it was unknown at year's end whether the other citizen was released or still was incarcerated. (references)
	Uzbekistan	The absence of a free press and the rarity of public trials make it impossible to determine how many persons have been incarcerated for religious reasons. (references)
Discrimination	Vietnam	Some military veterans of the pre-l975 government still face economic hardship as a result of past employment restrictions and discrimination, but none are known still to be incarcerated for their activities before 1975. These veterans and their families generally are unable to obtain employment with the Government. (references)
Economic History	China	The criminal law amendments abolished the crime of "counter- revolutionary" activity, although many persons are still incarcerated for that crime. (references)
Human Rights	Mozambique	Minors are incarcerated with adult inmates. (references)
Minorities	Moldova	When legal representatives for the Church examined these petitions, they reportedly found many names of incarcerated persons and the deceased among the supposed signatories. (references)
Political Economy	China	Many thousands more remain incarcerated in prisons. (references)
	Ecuador	Once incarcerated, persons without lawyers may wait years before being tried. (references)
Worker Rights	Switzerland	Traffickers often forced many victims into prostitution, and in many cases subjected them to physical and sexual violence, threatened them or their families, encouraged drug addiction, withheld their documents, and incarcerated them. (references)
	Cuba	During his interrogation, Gonzalez was told that if he did not find work soon he would be incarcerated for "dangerousness." Most political dissidents lose their jobs and remain unemployed; the only work they are offered is cleaning streets. (references)
	China	Although he was thought to be scheduled for release in May (6 years from the time of his initial detention), the Government told foreign officials in February that he would not be released until January 2002. The Government confirmed that Chadrel Rinpoche was being held in a Sichuan prison and that he was in "good health." Ngawang Choephel, a Tibetan ethnomusicologist sentenced in 1996 to 18 years in prison on charges of espionage, was incarcerated in a facility near Chengdu in Sichuan Province throughout the year. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"INCARCERATED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 68.75% of the time. "INCARCERATED" is used about 64 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)	68.75%	44	51,500
Lexical Verb (past tense)	20.31%	13	97,576
Adjective (general or positive)	7.81%	5	157,705
Noun (proper)	3.13%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	64	N/A

Expression using "INCARCERATED": Incarcerated hernia. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "INCARCERATED": long-incarcerated.
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Language		Translations for "INCARCERATED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		禁闭 (Confinement, incarcerate, Incarcerating). (various references)

Danish		inkarcereret, indeklemt, incarcereret, afklemt. (various references)

Dutch		incarceratus. (various references)

French		incarceré, étranglé. (various references)

German		kerkerte ein. (various references)

Greek		περιεσφιγμένος, φυλακισμένος (prisoner), εγκάθειρκτος. (various references)

Indonesian		andaman. (various references)

Italian		incarcerato. (various references)

Pig Latin		incarcerateday

Portuguese		encarcerado. (various references)

Spanish		incarcerado, estrangulado (strangulated), encarcelado (imprisoned, jailed, sent to prison). (various references)

Vietnamese		bị bỏ tù. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"INCARCERATED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: iincarcerated, incancerate, incarcarate, incarerate, incarserate, incarserated, inkarcerate, uncarcerated. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "INCARCERATED" (pronounced i'nkÄ"rserā'tud)
6	-s er ā' t u d	eviscerated.
5	-er ā' t u d	accelerated, adulterated, ameliorated, collaborated, commemorated, cooperated, corroborated, decelerated, decorated, degenerated, deliberated, deteriorated, enumerated, evaporated, exaggerated, exasperated, exhilarated, exonerated, federated, generated, inaugurated, incinerated, incorporated, invigorated, liberated, moderated, obliterated, operated, perforated, proliferated, redecorated, refrigerated, regenerated, reinvigorated, reiterated, reverberated, saturated, separated, tolerated, unadulterated, unincorporated, unsaturated, venerated.
4	-ā' t u d	abbreviated, abdicated, abrogated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, accumulated, activated, adjudicated, advocated, affiliated, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, alienated, alleviated, allocated, alternated, amalgamated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assimilated, associated, attenuated, authenticated, automated, backdated, bifurcated, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, castigated, castrated, celebrated, chlorinated, circulated, communicated, compensated, complicated, concentrated, confiscated, congratulated, congregated, consecrated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contaminated, contemplated, correlated, corrugated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, deactivated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decimated, decontaminated, delegated, delineated, demonstrated, denigrated, denominated, depreciated, desegregated, designated, detonated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, discriminated, disintegrated, disseminated, dissipated, domesticated, dominated, donated, duplicated, educated, elevated, eliminated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emulated, encapsulated, enunciated, eradicated, escalated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, exacerbated, excavated, excommunicated, excoriated, expropriated, exterminated, extrapolated, extricated, fabricated, facilitated, fascinated, fixated, flagellated, fluctuated, formulated, frustrated, germinated, glaciated, graduated, gravitated, gyrated, halogenated, hesitated, humiliated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impersonated, implicated, impregnated, inactivated, incapacitated, inculcated, indicated, indoctrinated, infatuated, infiltrated, infuriated, initiated, innovated, inoculated, instigated, insulated, integrated, interpolated, interrogated, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, inundated, invalidated, investigated, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, laminated, legislated, levitated, liquidated, litigated, located, lubricated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, masturbated, mediated, medicated, migrated, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, mitigated, motivated, mutated, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, necessitated, negotiated, nominated, nonregulated, obligated, officiated, opinionated, orchestrated, orientated, originated, outdated, overestimated, overregulated, overstated, oxygenated, participated, penetrated, permeated, perpetrated, perpetuated, pollinated, pontificated, populated, precipitated, predicated, predominated, prefabricated, premeditated, prognosticated, promulgated, propagated, punctuated, radiated, reactivated, reallocated, rebated, recalculated, reciprocated, recreated, reevaluated, reformulated, regulated, rehabilitated, reincarnated, reintegrated, rejuvenated, relegated, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, replicated, repudiated, resonated, resuscitated, retaliated, rotated, ruminated, salivated, segregated, serrated, simulated, situated, sophisticated, speculated, stagnated, stalemated, stimulated, stipulated, subjugated, subordinated, substantiated, suffocated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, terminated, titillated, truncated, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, uncompensated, uncomplicated, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, underestimated, understated, undifferentiated, uneducated, uninitiated, unmitigated, unregulated, unsophisticated, unsubstantiated, ventilated.
3	-t u d	abated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-e-i-n-r-r-t"
	-1 letter: incarcerate.
	-2 letters: deracinate, reaccredit.
	-3 letters: acierated, carinated, cercariae, certainer, eradicate, irredenta, reactance, reradiate, retrained, tarriance, traceried.
	-4 letters: accented, accident, accredit, accreted, acentric, acerated, acierate, cantered, carcanet, carinate, centiare, cercaria, cetacean, craniate, cratered, creatine, crenated, decanter, detainer, dicentra, directer, eradiate, increate, interred, iterance, narrated, radiance, radicate, reaccent, recanted, recanter, recrated, recreant, redirect, retained, retainer, retraced, terraced, trendier.
	-5 letters: acarine, acceder, accrete, acerate, acrider, aerated, airdate, aneared, antacid, anticar, antired, araneid, arenite, cadence, cairned, cardiac, cardiae, carinae, carried, catenae, cateran, catered, caterer, centare, centred, centric, cerated, ceratin, certain, cicadae, cirrate, created, creatin, credent, crenate, deciare, decrier, dernier, detrain, drainer, eccrine, enacted, enteric, enticed, enticer, erratic, narrate, nerdier, radiant, radiate, randier, reacted, readier, recaned, recited, reciter, recrate, reenact, reinter, rentier, retinae, retired, retrace, retrain, retread, retried, tacrine, taeniae, tardier, tarried, tearier, terrace, terrain, terrane, terrine, tiaraed, tierced, tireder, trained, trainee, trainer, tranced, treader.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-e-i-n-r-r-t"
	+3 letters: reaccreditation.
	+4 letters: reaccreditations.
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