incarcerate

1. V-T If people are incarcerated, they are kept in a prison or other place. 監禁[正式]

They were incarcerated for the duration of the war. 他們在戰爭期間被監禁。

2. incarcerationN-UNCOUNT 監禁

...her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital. …她母親在精神病院裡的監禁。