Synonyms of jailed

jailed 1 of 2

adjective

as in arrested

taken and held prisoner

the jailed protestors were noisily demanding to see their lawyers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrested
• imprisoned
• captive
• captured
• incarcerated
• interned
• kidnapped
• confined
• caught
• apprehended
• behind bars
• enslaved
• abducted
• trapped
• bound
• indentured
• occupied
• subdued
• subjugated
• ensnared

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• free
• released
• unconfined
• unrestrained
• freed
• liberated
• delivered
• emancipated
• paroled
• enfranchised

jailed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of jail

as in imprisoned

to put in or as if in prison

threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imprisoned
• interned
• incarcerated
• arrested
• detained
• confined
• committed
• locked (up)
• restrained
• caught
• jugged
• captured
• immured
• apprehended
• restricted
• shut
• limited
• seized
• constrained
• barred
• bound
• held
• kept
• impounded
• gated
• impressed
• nabbed
• handcuffed
• pinched
• busted
• shackled
• shanghaied
• picked up
• manacled
• enchained
• fettered
• trammeled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freed
• released
• liberated
• discharged
• emancipated
• enfranchised
• manumitted
• unbound
• unchained
• uncaged
• unfettered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jailed

Adjective

On many mornings, shackled migrants plead guilty to military trespass charges rather than remain jailed awaiting trial. — Agnel Philip, ProPublica, 16 Mar. 2026

Verb

Williams, who was arrested and jailed in connection with each of these encampment sweeps, became part of this huge minority in local jails. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

Hundreds of people have been jailed and thousands of others have fled the country. — ABC News, 13 July 2026

References to virginity in the book saw Parsipur jailed two more times. — News Desk, Artforum, 13 July 2026

In 2017, Ojeda and other young dissident officers had been jailed and tortured in Venezuela. — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 10 July 2026

The former leader remains jailed while appealing a life sentence for rebellion and a 30-year term over provocative drone flights, a saga that has tested South Korea’s democratic institutions. — Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

The code criminalized traditional healers, who could be jailed for offering spiritual guidance. — Kerri J. Malloy, The Conversation, 9 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

Ábalos and his aide Koldo García, who has also been jailed for his role in the scandal, used to sit at the heart of Sánchez’s Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE). — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 5 July 2026