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
NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
The list does not include Tina Peters, a Colorado election clerk who was convicted of tampering with voting machines in the 2020 presidential election, and jailed for nine years.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Except, Parks was following the lead of others, including 15-year-old Claudette Colvins, who months earlier had been jailed for not giving up her seat.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
The attorney general was adamant that if Running Fence broke the law, workers would be arrested and jailed, and contractors would lose their licenses.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
His alleged assaulter was arrested and jailed Wednesday.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Zimmerman, meanwhile, remained jailed in Iowa.
—Robb Murray, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
Advertisement But public frustration has continued to mount, particularly as no one has been jailed.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
In short, you probably won’t be jailed for wearing a hoodie, but appearing on camera in something inappropriate or revealing can carry real legal consequences.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
In the aftermath of her refusal, Davis was jailed for acting in contempt of court and lost her clerk re-election.
—NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
The list does not include Tina Peters, a Colorado election clerk who was convicted of tampering with voting machines in the 2020 presidential election, and jailed for nine years.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Except, Parks was following the lead of others, including 15-year-old Claudette Colvins, who months earlier had been jailed for not giving up her seat.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
The attorney general was adamant that if Running Fence broke the law, workers would be arrested and jailed, and contractors would lose their licenses.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
His alleged assaulter was arrested and jailed Wednesday.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Zimmerman, meanwhile, remained jailed in Iowa.
—Robb Murray, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
Advertisement But public frustration has continued to mount, particularly as no one has been jailed.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
In short, you probably won’t be jailed for wearing a hoodie, but appearing on camera in something inappropriate or revealing can carry real legal consequences.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailed
Verb
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Unlike her previous detention, when she was permitted to reside at home and allowed some communication with family, she is now imprisoned in an unknown location.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Some years after defeating Ganon, Link and Zelda stumble across an underground tomb where the decrepit corpse of the villain’s human form, Ganondorf (played again by Critical Role’s Matt Mercer), is imprisoned.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Time captive within the grand edifices of the past, parading on the stage of memory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Much of the film’s drama then ensues inside Teddy and Don’s basement like a pseudo chamber piece as captor and captive face off in a battle of wits, logic and strange faith that blurs the lines between divisive politics, conspiracy and cosmic truth.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Connease Warren, an Indiana native who interned at the Free Press in 2008, is vacationing in Ocho Rios on the northern central coast.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Like LaSota, a computer engineer from Fairbanks, Alaska, several Zizians worked or interned at technology behemoths, such as Google, Oracle, and NASA.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Private-equity firms are deeply embedded in the disaster-recovery industry, sometimes relying on the low-wage labor of immigrants and incarcerated people in order to provide reconstruction services at cut rates.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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Her co-conspirators also remain incarcerated.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Jailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailed. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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