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

Mohammed confessed to planning and executing the attacks while imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed remains imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, where he and three co-defendants are scheduled to face a military tribunal in 2028. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

After surviving prison by replacing violence with leadership and dialogue, he is transferred to Uruguay, where a Kafkaesque legal trap keeps him imprisoned for 19 years. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Some of the thugs were actual neo-Nazis, led by real-life Russian fascist Maksim Martsinkevich, who would later be imprisoned for posting racist videos, investigated for murder and, in 2020, found dead in his cell of an apparent suicide. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Holmes is currently imprisoned after being found guilty in 2022 of fraud. — Mason Leib, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Jack Kerouac sought enlightenment there; his compatriot Neal Cassady was imprisoned there, in San Quentin. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

She was imprisoned for four months in different facilities, where she was deprived of her medications, forced to stay awake, and convicted of falsified charges, according to the lawsuit. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

Daniels and Farinha have also both confronted their share of skeptics about the odds of turning around those who have been imprisoned as well as those heading in that direction. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026