incarcerate

Verb

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.

Adj

Incarcerated: jailed, imprisoned, confined, shut in.

Origin / Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1575; borrowed from Medieval Latin incarcerātus, perfect passive participle of incarcerō (“to imprison”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin in- (“in”) + carcer (“a prison”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Synonyms

gaol, immure, imprison, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand

Scrabble Score: 15

incarcerate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
incarcerate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
incarcerate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

incarcerate: valid Words With Friends Word