- past participle of incarcerate.
- past tense form of incarcerate.
incarcerated
Example Sentences
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Incarcerated rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs has delisted his sprawling Beverly Hills mansion more than a year after putting the now-infamous home on the market for $61.5 million.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 5, 2026
Incarcerated people and their loved ones were blindsided again in March.
From Slate • Jul. 5, 2025
The bill introduced in Congress, officially known as the Fairness, Inclusion, Rehabilitation, and Expungement for Incarcerated Firefighters Act, would offer incentives for other states to start their own versions of fire camps.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025
Incarcerated ‘Chrisley Knows Best’ patriarch Todd Chrisley has been fired from his chaplain’s assistant job for ‘getting too chatty with certain inmates.’
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024
Incarcerated men would trap rats, poisonous spiders, and snakes they found inside the prison to pass the time and to keep safe.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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