as in arrested
taken and held prisoner
took up the cause of imprisoned political dissidents
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as in jailed
to put in or as if in prison
in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they can't do any more harm
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Recent Examples of imprisoned
Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
Bryan Stevenson, 65, is a civil rights lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law group that represents imprisoned and condemned inmates.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by security services, imprisoned on politically motivated charges and ultimately died in prison in 2024.
—Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
The movement was crushed, the student leaders imprisoned, and any mention of the incident is heavily censored within China to this day.
—Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
If found guility of a level 5 felony, Sanchez could be imprisoned anywhere from 1-6 years at an Indiana penitentiary and be fined up to $10,000, according to the Indiana Code.
—IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
He was imprisoned again in 2013 for traveling to the United States on another person’s passport, then again a year later for mortgage fraud.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2025
Saad Almadi, a 75-year-old dual US-Saudi citizen, remains barred from exiting the country after previously being imprisoned and reportedly tortured over X posts about the crown prince, including one about Khashoggi’s murder.
—Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Bukele’s administration asked for the return to El Salvador of some of the MS-13 gang leaders who had been arrested in Mexico and imprisoned in the United States.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
The deal relies on the exchange of Israeli hostages held by Hamas for Palestinians detained and imprisoned by Israel.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
Bryan Stevenson, 65, is a civil rights lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law group that represents imprisoned and condemned inmates.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by security services, imprisoned on politically motivated charges and ultimately died in prison in 2024.
—Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
The movement was crushed, the student leaders imprisoned, and any mention of the incident is heavily censored within China to this day.
—Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
If found guility of a level 5 felony, Sanchez could be imprisoned anywhere from 1-6 years at an Indiana penitentiary and be fined up to $10,000, according to the Indiana Code.
—IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
He was imprisoned again in 2013 for traveling to the United States on another person’s passport, then again a year later for mortgage fraud.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2025
Saad Almadi, a 75-year-old dual US-Saudi citizen, remains barred from exiting the country after previously being imprisoned and reportedly tortured over X posts about the crown prince, including one about Khashoggi’s murder.
—Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Bukele’s administration asked for the return to El Salvador of some of the MS-13 gang leaders who had been arrested in Mexico and imprisoned in the United States.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprisoned
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Over the years, Panahi has been twice jailed in Iran and forbidden to film.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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After further protests, in 1950, he was jailed again.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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About 20 living hostages remain captive in desperate conditions, Israeli officials say, and about 25 more are believed to have died, but their bodies have not been returned to their families.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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Canada’s last captive whales will remain at the Marineland park near Niagara Falls for now after the federal government denied the zoo’s request to ship the 30 belugas to China.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Darius Bazley interned for New Balance for a year before becoming a first-round pick in the 2019 NBA Draft.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Carpenter first met Kirk as a teenager in 2021 at a small gathering in the Arizona Biltmore and later interned for Turning Point Action.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For over a year, I have been locked in one room with twenty-five other incarcerated people, sharing the same one room.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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The singer also dated incarcerated rapper C-Murda for some time before quietly ending their relationship, confirming their split in 2023.—
Essence,
Essence,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Imprisoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprisoned. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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