encarcerar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Bastille noun A fortress or prison, especially one associated with harsh or unjust treatment of its inmates.
- imprison verb To put someone in prison, or to confine them against their will.
- incarcerate verb To put someone in prison, usually as punishment for a crime.
- restrain verb To hold back or keep someone or something under control.
Senses
encarcerar is used for these senses in English:
- bastille (transitive, also, figuratively) To confine (someone or something) in, or as if in, a bastille (noun sense 2.1) or prison; to imprison.
- imprison (transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
- incarcerate (chiefly, US, transitive, ) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
- restrain (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
Bastille — full definition
- noun A fortress or prison, especially one associated with harsh or unjust treatment of its inmates.
- noun Capitalized: the Bastille, a Paris fortress-prison whose storming by an angry crowd in 1789 marked the start of the French Revolution.
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