interned 1 of 2

adjective

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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verb

past tense of intern
as in jailed
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
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One of our young people in Tulsa, Oklahoma, interned at a company in their risk management department. — Byron V. Garrett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Truell, a New York City native, interned at Google, while Sanger, a member of MIT’s squash team, interned at Bridgewater Associates. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 June 2026 Jorcius’ younger brother interned at Blue Swan Boulders, a rock-climbing gym in downtown Orlando. — Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2026 Since beginning his college career, Person has interned at two different NASA locations. — Theresa Bourke, Twin Cities, 1 June 2026 Nicole previously interned at Maryland Matters, a nonprofit online news site dedicated to covering state politics and government. — Molly Fellin Spence, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2026 Estrada interned at EdSource and focused on film criticism at MXDWN, online entertainment magazine. — Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026 Griffith previously interned at WGHP in High Point in the fall and interned with the Triad Business Journal in the spring, gaining experience in broadcast as well as print journalism. — Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026 In the summers, from 2022 to 2024, Skylar interned with her dad’s former team as part of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. — Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interned
  1. imprisoned
  2. jailed
  3. captive
  4. incarcerated
Adjective
  • Fujimori, the daughter of a disgraced former president, and Sánchez, an ally of an imprisoned ex-president, beat 33 other candidates in the initial vote in April, but neither earned even 20% of support.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 June 2026
  • Fujimori, daughter of a disgraced former president, and Sánchez, an ally of an imprisoned ex-president, were on the runoff’s ballot after beating 33 other candidates in the vote in April, but neither earned even 20% of support.
    — Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Definition of imprisoned
Verb
  • In connection with both sweeps, she was arrested and briefly jailed for storing personal property in public.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
  • This often means that those who are not persuaded by its teachings can be fined, jailed, even killed.
    — Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of jailed
Adjective
  • Despite tighter restrictions on owning and maintaining elephants, nearly 400 animals are still captive in Kerala, out of about 2,500 across India.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • Unfortunately, a group of eastern kings pillage Sodom and Gomorrah and take Lot captive along with others.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
Definition of captive
Verb
  • The new restriction builds on an earlier Missouri law enacted in 2023 that prohibited the Department of Corrections from providing gender-transition surgeries to incarcerated people.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • A lot of people that came here that were committing crimes have either been incarcerated or deported.
    — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of incarcerated

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