Synonyms of imprisoned

imprisoned 1 of 2

adjective

as in arrested

taken and held prisoner

took up the cause of imprisoned political dissidents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrested
• captive
• jailed
• incarcerated
• captured
• interned
• confined
• kidnapped
• caught
• enslaved
• apprehended
• behind bars
• trapped
• abducted
• bound
• indentured
• occupied
• subjugated
• subdued
• ensnared

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• free
• unconfined
• unrestrained
• released
• liberated
• freed
• emancipated
• delivered
• paroled
• enfranchised

imprisoned

2 of 2

verb

past tense of imprison

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jailed
• interned
• incarcerated
• detained
• confined
• arrested
• committed
• locked (up)
• restrained
• immured
• caught
• jugged
• captured
• restricted
• apprehended
• limited
• constrained
• shut
• barred
• seized
• bound
• impressed
• impounded
• kept
• shackled
• held
• gated
• pinched
• handcuffed
• fettered
• nabbed
• manacled
• busted
• shanghaied
• enchained
• picked up
• trammeled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberated
• freed
• released
• discharged
• emancipated
• enfranchised
• manumitted
• unbound
• unchained
• uncaged
• unfettered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imprisoned

Adjective

The favorite to win Brazil’s election has promised to free his imprisoned father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, grant amnesty to supporters and impeach Supreme Court justices. — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026

The company is required by its contract and state policy to provide mental health treatment, education and other services to imprisoned youth. — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2026

Last year, the PKK — considered a terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies — announced its decision to disband, following a call by its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

The move came in response to a call from its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

Her adultery story initially evokes the imprisoned girl’s compensatory reveries, but over time its focus shifts. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

The new version of Hannibal starred Mads Mikkelsen as a pre-imprisoned Hannibal Lecter, forging a relationship with Hugh Dancy’s Will Graham. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

The modern field of bioethics emerged from the 1947 Nuremberg Doctors’ Trial, where Nazi physicians were prosecuted for conducting brutal medical experiments on imprisoned people. — Jennifer McCurdy, The Conversation, 2 June 2026

Throughout the series, Creasy is operating under the intel that the FRP, an extremist organization in Brazil, and its imprisoned leader, Ferraz, are behind the bombing of the high-rise. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026

Verb

And despite Hubbard's release, as many as 20 Americans remain imprisoned in Russia, including some whose families dispute the charges against them. — Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Elizabeth’s mother Kerrie Struhs was imprisoned in 2019 for child neglect after Elizabeth's undiagnosed diabetes left her close to death. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Last year’s prize went to journalists Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaghlobeli, who were imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia, respectively. — Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

The Sentencing Project, an advocacy group that wants fewer people behind bars, reports that white women were imprisoned at a rate of 41 per 100,000 in 2023, while white men were imprisoned at 341 per 100,000, more than eight times as high. — Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

The pity of the judge who imprisoned them here was cold comfort for a group of people who had little reason to trust any legal authority. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Pulido had been imprisoned in Venezuela since 2023 in connection with the PDVSA-Cripto corruption investigation. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026

Blacks in the South were routinely imprisoned on petty or trumped-up charges, then leased out to landowners, mining companies, railroads and factories as unpaid labor. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026

Williams has been imprisoned since 2003 for the attacks on Congregation B’nai Israel, Congregation Beth Shalom in Carmichael and the Kenesset Israel Torah Center in Arden Arcade. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026