a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
source: WordNet 3.0
A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
source: Webster 1913
verb
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
The suspects were imprisoned without trial. The murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life.
