{
    "term": "incarcerate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "incarcerate",
            "heSheIt": "incarcerates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "incarcerated",
        "pastParticiple": "incarcerated",
        "ingForm": "incarcerating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to put somebody in prison or in another place from which they cannot escape",
            "sensetop": "incarcerate somebody (in something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Thousands were incarcerated in labour camps."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪt/",
                "audio": "in/incarcerate/incarcerate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪts/",
                "audio": "in/incarcerate/incarcerates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "in/incarcerate/incarcerated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/incarcerate/incarcerating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkɑːrsəreɪt/",
                "audio": "in/incarcerate/incarcerate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkɑːrsəreɪts/",
                "audio": "in/incarcerate/incarcerates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkɑːrsəreɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "in/incarcerate/incarcerated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkɑːrsəreɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/incarcerate/incarcerating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (earlier (late Middle English) as incarceration): from medieval Latin incarcerat- ‘imprisoned’, from the verb incarcerare, from in- ‘into’ + Latin carcer ‘prison’."
}