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

Another suspect in the 2023 attacks, Italian anti-fascist activist Ilaria Salis, was jailed in Hungary for over a year following the assaults, resulting in a diplomatic dispute between Rome and Budapest over her treatment in detention. — Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026

Both were jailed on misdemeanor battery charges and have since been released. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

For this argument Thomasine was jailed—stuffed into a damp, stinking, deadly stone cell crawling with rats and lice—to force her to change her beliefs. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

He was jailed in 2010 while shooting a film and arrested again in 2022, then provisionally released after eight months. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026

The former executive was jailed at the notorious Riker’s Island jail complex in New York at the time of the interview. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Ratliff was arrested in September on murder charges and has pleaded not guilty and remains jailed without bond. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

In Bolivia, Yllanes was a divisive political figure during his lifetime, who was even jailed for his provocative artworks. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

In 1891, 11 Italian immigrants were still jailed in New Orleans after being acquitted of the murder of a local police chief. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026