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
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
From January 2015 until August 2016, Cawthorn interned for Meadows.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
In fact, many of the technical experts working on eVTOL in the Bay Area either previously worked at or interned in the NASA or Army rotorcraft R&D groups at Moffett Field.
—Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
At just 19, Baker interned at 610 Magnolia in Old Louisville under celebrity chef Edward Lee and worked her way up to sous chef.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
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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
From January 2015 until August 2016, Cawthorn interned for Meadows.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
In fact, many of the technical experts working on eVTOL in the Bay Area either previously worked at or interned in the NASA or Army rotorcraft R&D groups at Moffett Field.
—Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
At just 19, Baker interned at 610 Magnolia in Old Louisville under celebrity chef Edward Lee and worked her way up to sous chef.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interned
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To the thousands of Syrians who lost loved ones, or were tortured, imprisoned or displaced by the Assad regime, their homeland had become a crime scene from which the top suspects disappeared en masse.—
Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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But then, with scant investigation, prosecutors immediately charged me with murder and imprisoned me for 72 days without bail.—
Micah Kimball,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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Orwell was thinking about a society where people who spoke out were jailed, potentially executed and were kind of disappeared.—
Pamela Avila,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
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Last Thursday, Sortor was jailed in Portland after police arrested him on suspicion of disorderly conduct.—
Jo Yurcaba,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
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Netanyahu publicly implied for the first time Friday that not all of the deceased hostages held captive in Gaza will return, underscoring previous assessments that Hamas may not be able to find and return all of their remains.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Einav Zangauker, center, the mother of Israeli captive Matan Zangauker, celebrates at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv today.—
Yamiche Alcindor,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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He is incarcerated in the El Dorado Correctional Facility in El Dorado, Kansas, serving 10 consecutive life sentences.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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Susan Atkins died of cancer in prison in 2009; Manson himself died of natural causes while incarcerated in 2017.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Interned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interned. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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