as in arrested
taken and held prisoner
the jailed protestors were noisily demanding to see their lawyers
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as in imprisoned
to put in or as if in prison
threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked
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Recent Examples of jailed
Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Lula was imprisoned in 2018, but he was released in November 2019 after the Supreme Court ruled that defendants can’t be jailed before exhausting appeal options.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Since 1986, employers have required to verify workers' eligibility to work, and can be fined or jailed if caught knowingly breaking the law.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Conversely, between 60% and 90% of people remained jailed despite the availability of bail bonds.
—Christine Scott-Hayward, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Rodriguez was arrested and jailed in the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on a $250,000 bond, records show.
—Mike Stunson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Nechville remained jailed Tuesday in lieu of $500,000 bail, or $300,000 with conditions.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
The Atlanta rapper was jailed from May 9, 2022, through October 31, 2024, and in the past week, several of his alleged phone conversations have been released to the public through social media.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Acosta Peña joined a group of seventeen Venezuelan women, some of whom had been jailed for more than six months.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
But the friendship fell apart earlier this year when Farage refused to echo Musk’s support for Robinson, the founder of the now-defunct anti-immigration English Defence League (EDL), who was previously jailed for being in contempt of court by repeating false accusations about a Syrian refugee.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Lula was imprisoned in 2018, but he was released in November 2019 after the Supreme Court ruled that defendants can’t be jailed before exhausting appeal options.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Since 1986, employers have required to verify workers' eligibility to work, and can be fined or jailed if caught knowingly breaking the law.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Conversely, between 60% and 90% of people remained jailed despite the availability of bail bonds.
—Christine Scott-Hayward, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Rodriguez was arrested and jailed in the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on a $250,000 bond, records show.
—Mike Stunson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Nechville remained jailed Tuesday in lieu of $500,000 bail, or $300,000 with conditions.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
The Atlanta rapper was jailed from May 9, 2022, through October 31, 2024, and in the past week, several of his alleged phone conversations have been released to the public through social media.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Acosta Peña joined a group of seventeen Venezuelan women, some of whom had been jailed for more than six months.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailed
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Arafat’s successor, current PA President Mahmoud Abbas, has banished and imprisoned opponents and critics.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Over the past 15 years, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been imprisoned, blindfolded, interrogated, and put under house arrest with a 20-year ban on making films.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
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The 35-year-old founder has built a remarkably high-earning captive agency, all while staying within the corporate framework that others rush to leave.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The college’s newspaper, The Chronicle, reported on Seinfeld’s comments after they were made at an event featuring Omer Shem Tov, a former Israeli hostage who was held captive by Hamas for 505 days.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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Margarete Buber-Neumann, who was incarcerated with her at Ravensbrück concentration camp, wrote one such biography.—
Christine Estima
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Many can’t find work due to severe disabilities, limited literacy, trouble speaking English, homelessness, being 75 or older, having formerly been incarcerated and other challenges.—
Cal J. Halvorsen,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Jailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailed. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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