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
Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Habeas petitions are, as a rule, the last option for an imprisoned person to void their convictions.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
The notes tell Valerie’s story as a lesbian actress who falls in love on a film set, only to be later imprisoned for her homosexuality.
—Matthew Huff, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
Two brothers found guilty of buying tens of millions of dollars worth of black-market HIV drugs and reselling them to numerous pharmacies in the Miami area and other locations will be imprisoned for a couple of decades.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
Some states have imprisoned pregnant women for exposing their fetuses to drugs.
—CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
Assets were frozen, sanctions were threatened, UN resolutions were passed, but still the captives remained imprisoned.
—Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Two months later, Mabrouk and his fellow plotters were arrested and imprisoned by the Ben Ali government.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Mohamed Jalloh, imprisoned for aiding ISIS and released last December, killed an ROTC instructor and wounded two students during the Thursday attack at Old Dominion.
—Alan G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Tommy Thompson, a research scientist who was imprisoned for a decade after refusing to disclose where an 1800s shipwreck's gold coins were being stored, was released, according to federal Bureau of Prisons records.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Foro Penal, which keeps tabs on imprisoned dissidents and regime opponents, estimates that nearly 400 detainees will not benefit, noting the law covers only a 13-year period of the 27 years of Chavismo.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Habeas petitions are, as a rule, the last option for an imprisoned person to void their convictions.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
Verb
He was imprisoned in his native Uruguay for drug trafficking between 2013 and 2018 and later moved around South America, living for a time in Bolivia and Paraguay.
—CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
The notes tell Valerie’s story as a lesbian actress who falls in love on a film set, only to be later imprisoned for her homosexuality.
—Matthew Huff, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
Two brothers found guilty of buying tens of millions of dollars worth of black-market HIV drugs and reselling them to numerous pharmacies in the Miami area and other locations will be imprisoned for a couple of decades.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
Some states have imprisoned pregnant women for exposing their fetuses to drugs.
—CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
Assets were frozen, sanctions were threatened, UN resolutions were passed, but still the captives remained imprisoned.
—Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Two months later, Mabrouk and his fellow plotters were arrested and imprisoned by the Ben Ali government.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Mohamed Jalloh, imprisoned for aiding ISIS and released last December, killed an ROTC instructor and wounded two students during the Thursday attack at Old Dominion.
—Alan G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Tommy Thompson, a research scientist who was imprisoned for a decade after refusing to disclose where an 1800s shipwreck's gold coins were being stored, was released, according to federal Bureau of Prisons records.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprisoned
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Gabrielsen and Frederick remain jailed in Moffat County, according to MCSO Sheriff Chip McIntyre.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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His father was jailed twice as a political prisoner in Cuba, once for 16 days in 1961 and for 72 days in 1966.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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One of the posts showed a bulldozer tearing a hole in a fence between Gaza and Israel, a move that allowed Hamas fighters to attack; another showed an Israeli-army jeep filled with Palestinian fighters, the soldiers presumably dead or taken captive.—
Michael Powell,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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In the past, businesses were this huge pool of full-time employees who were kind of captive to the organization, doing bespoke workloads.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Before his project, Saenz interned with the Camp Catanese Foundation, which is a college-preparation program that provides support to underserved and first-generation students.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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One of them was Jon Ossoff, a millennial who had once interned for Congressman John Lewis.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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State officials are investigating the death Thursday of an incarcerated man at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
12 Mar. 2026
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Advocates for incarcerated people say the parole process is rigorous and shouldn’t be politicized.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Imprisoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprisoned. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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