Incarcerated
Incarcerated adjective - Taken and held prisoner.
Kept and incarcerated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kept" instead the word "Incarcerated" as a verb or an adjective.
Nearby Words: incarceration, incarcerating
Kept
Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.
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Incarcerated and kept are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incarcerated" instead the word "Kept" as a verb or an adjective.
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- On My Name Is Earl when Earl was incarcerated the warden kept giving him "time off" coupons for various good deeds, but when Earl earned enough of them to get out the warden reneged.
Source: Win Your Freedom -
Running Gag: Jonas losing his shoes seems to be a theme... Though this is given a dark twist when it was revealed that when he was incarcerated in the asylum, they kept taking his shoes due to the fact that he kept trying to strangle the doctor with the shoe laces.
Source: Webcomic / The Phoenix Requiem
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