as in imprisoned
taken and held prisoner
the soldiers daringly rescued their interned comrades without the loss of a single life
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to put in or as if in prison
some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II
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Recent Examples of interned
John Wisely, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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
There were roughly 60,000 people in immigration detention nationwide in both August and September – more than at any time since the United States government interned some 120,000 people, the majority of Japanese citizenship or ancestry, during World War II.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Murphy previously interned at a nonprofit organization that offers support and inclusive programs for people with disabilities in the Georgia region.
—Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Darius Bazley interned for New Balance for a year before becoming a first-round pick in the 2019 NBA Draft.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Carpenter first met Kirk as a teenager in 2021 at a small gathering in the Arizona Biltmore and later interned for Turning Point Action.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Coppola interned with Chanel in the summer of 1986, and her youngest Cosima followed in her footsteps by interning with the house this summer.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2025
Perhaps less known, but likely no less significant, some 700 Japanese Americans were briefly interned here during World War II.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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
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
There were roughly 60,000 people in immigration detention nationwide in both August and September – more than at any time since the United States government interned some 120,000 people, the majority of Japanese citizenship or ancestry, during World War II.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Murphy previously interned at a nonprofit organization that offers support and inclusive programs for people with disabilities in the Georgia region.
—Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Darius Bazley interned for New Balance for a year before becoming a first-round pick in the 2019 NBA Draft.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Carpenter first met Kirk as a teenager in 2021 at a small gathering in the Arizona Biltmore and later interned for Turning Point Action.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Coppola interned with Chanel in the summer of 1986, and her youngest Cosima followed in her footsteps by interning with the house this summer.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2025
Perhaps less known, but likely no less significant, some 700 Japanese Americans were briefly interned here during World War II.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interned
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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
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While jailed, Braddy also became known for delaying his first trial by going through 10 lawyers and, at one point, representing himself.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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Chavez was jailed for two years, but emerged as the leading presidential candidate in 1998 on a socialist revolutionary platform.—
James Trapani,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Monday, that same man was a criminal defendant incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York’s Brooklyn borough, having just been arraigned on drug trafficking, narcoterrorism and weapons charges.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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He has never been incarcerated; he has never even been arrested.—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Jan. 2026
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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
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“Interned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interned. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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