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
Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Some years after defeating Ganon, Link and Zelda stumble across an underground tomb where the decrepit corpse of the villain’s human form, Ganondorf (played again by Critical Role’s Matt Mercer), is imprisoned.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
Starring Daniel Chen and based on Chen’s life, Bad Boy tells the story of Dean, who is imprisoned in a cruel juvenile detention facility.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
Others were marked with different symbols or letters depending on the crime for which they were imprisoned.
—Kate Sosin, Them., 31 Oct. 2025
Zhou was arrested and imprisoned.
—Byron Tau, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Once she is imprisoned along with her professor in Tehran’s brutal Evan prison, Layla and Sasan’s families race against time to secure her release.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Mike, beginning in Sunday’s first episode, must confront the limitations of his power when his younger brother Kyle (Taylor Handley) is imprisoned.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Some of them have been called, held to account and even imprisoned.
—Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Trump’s decision to commute Santos’ sentence came after multiple friends and allies of the imprisoned ex-politician made appeals for his clemency, a senior White House official told NBC News on Friday evening.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
Unlike her previous detention, when she was permitted to reside at home and allowed some communication with family, she is now imprisoned in an unknown location.
—Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Some years after defeating Ganon, Link and Zelda stumble across an underground tomb where the decrepit corpse of the villain’s human form, Ganondorf (played again by Critical Role’s Matt Mercer), is imprisoned.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
Starring Daniel Chen and based on Chen’s life, Bad Boy tells the story of Dean, who is imprisoned in a cruel juvenile detention facility.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
Others were marked with different symbols or letters depending on the crime for which they were imprisoned.
—Kate Sosin, Them., 31 Oct. 2025
Zhou was arrested and imprisoned.
—Byron Tau, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Once she is imprisoned along with her professor in Tehran’s brutal Evan prison, Layla and Sasan’s families race against time to secure her release.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Mike, beginning in Sunday’s first episode, must confront the limitations of his power when his younger brother Kyle (Taylor Handley) is imprisoned.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Some of them have been called, held to account and even imprisoned.
—Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprisoned
Verb
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In the aftermath of her refusal, Davis was jailed for acting in contempt of court and lost her clerk re-election.—
NPR,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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The list does not include Tina Peters, a Colorado election clerk who was convicted of tampering with voting machines in the 2020 presidential election, and jailed for nine years.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Time captive within the grand edifices of the past, parading on the stage of memory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Much of the film’s drama then ensues inside Teddy and Don’s basement like a pseudo chamber piece as captor and captive face off in a battle of wits, logic and strange faith that blurs the lines between divisive politics, conspiracy and cosmic truth.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Connease Warren, an Indiana native who interned at the Free Press in 2008, is vacationing in Ocho Rios on the northern central coast.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Like LaSota, a computer engineer from Fairbanks, Alaska, several Zizians worked or interned at technology behemoths, such as Google, Oracle, and NASA.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Though Pennsylvania did not allow its prisons to contract out incarcerated people’s labor, as in the South, its prisoners were still forced into hard labor without pay.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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No staff or additional incarcerated people at the high-security facility near Crescent City were injured, CDCR said.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Imprisoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprisoned. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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