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

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

In the play’s penultimate scene — one of the most gorgeous, daring and breathless in American theater, and all taking place in an imprisoned Gallimard’s imagination — Song strips for Gallimard, trying to force him to confront the truth. — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2026

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

Verb

The former cricket star turned politician was ousted in a parliamentary no-confidence vote in April 2022 and has been imprisoned since 2023 after being convicted in multiple cases. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world where 39 women and one girl—the book’s nameless protagonist—have been imprisoned in an underground bunker for years. — Air Mail, 15 Aug. 2026

Murdaugh remains imprisoned on separate state and federal financial-crime sentences. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026

These two individuals have been intimidated, beaten, and imprisoned – in one case for daring to challenge the authorities, and in the other for allegedly violating harsh dress codes. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026

Fogel was imprisoned in 2021, sentenced to 14 years on charges of possessing marijuana. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

But a few years later, after committing similar crimes there, he was arrested and imprisoned at the Château de Vincennes at the king’s orders, under a lettre de cachet (signet letter). — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

Gilman was one of at least 10 Americans known to be imprisoned in Russia. — Henry Austin, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026

In the book, Rhaenyra also orders that Nettles be imprisoned, but Daemon, who is suspected of being Nettles’s lover, lets her escape. — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026