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
Agnel Philip, ProPublica, 16 Mar. 2026
Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
Limon’s roommate, Hisham Saleh Abugharbieh, 26, was taken into custody the same day has been jailed since then, facing two charges of first-degree murder.
—Mike Schneider, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026
The response by Israel to the incident of the idiot IDF soldier in Lebanon who whacked the statue of Jesus Christ with a sledgehammer reflects well upon Israel, which immediately apologized, provided a new statue and jailed the soldier for 30 days.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
He was jailed in advance of sentencing in Bristol Crown Court on May 7.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Dquanzie Blackmon was charged with human trafficking, pimping, and pandering and remains jailed in lieu of $300,000 bail, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
Kim, jailed since August, plans to appeal the ruling to South Korea’s Supreme Court as her legal team contests the investigation’s validity.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Nick Reiner, 32, who remains jailed without bail, has pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder charges against him.
—City News Service, Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
Online records showed Gillum remained jailed in Florida on April 23 where he was being held without bond.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
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
Iranian American actor Anthony Azizi says the continuing Middle East conflict has sparked rising persecution of Iran’s Baha’i minority, including its members being jailed and tortured under the threat of execution.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
Limon’s roommate, Hisham Saleh Abugharbieh, 26, was taken into custody the same day has been jailed since then, facing two charges of first-degree murder.
—Mike Schneider, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026
The response by Israel to the incident of the idiot IDF soldier in Lebanon who whacked the statue of Jesus Christ with a sledgehammer reflects well upon Israel, which immediately apologized, provided a new statue and jailed the soldier for 30 days.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
He was jailed in advance of sentencing in Bristol Crown Court on May 7.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Dquanzie Blackmon was charged with human trafficking, pimping, and pandering and remains jailed in lieu of $300,000 bail, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
Kim, jailed since August, plans to appeal the ruling to South Korea’s Supreme Court as her legal team contests the investigation’s validity.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Nick Reiner, 32, who remains jailed without bail, has pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder charges against him.
—City News Service, Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
Online records showed Gillum remained jailed in Florida on April 23 where he was being held without bond.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailed
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Poczobut, imprisoned for covering 2020 pro-democracy rallies in Belarus, became a symbol of political repression and won the EU’s Sakharov Prize while jailed.—
Claudia Ciobanu,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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On his mother’s side, his aunt Lilo and her daughter Ellien are chased across Europe, imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen and Ravensbruck, surviving only to face more tragedy.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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One theory for how the disease is spread is through captive cervid farms that house deer, elk, or moose in large quantities.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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However, thanks to efforts to reintroduce captive piping plovers into the wild and conserve their natural habitat, their local numbers have seen a resurgence.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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More than two dozen EBC students interned last summer with the public schools as teacher aides.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Among them are the New Yorker writer Emily Hahn, who was living in Hong Kong under Japanese occupation, and Donald Hasuike, a fourteen-year-old Japanese American who was interned at a camp in Colorado with family before being shipped to Japan against his will.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The agency also confirmed that Williams was transferred out of the Washington Corrections Center for Women last October and is incarcerated at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Through thoughtful letters from prison, an anarchist incarcerated since 1980 reflects on his radical past.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
1 May 2026
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