Carcerate vs. Incarcerate

Carcerate vs. Incarcerate — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Carcerate and Incarcerate

Carcerateverb

(rare) To imprison or confine

Incarcerateverb

To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.

Incarcerateverb

To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.

Incarcerateverb

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;

The suspects were imprisoned without trialthe murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
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