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
Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
After further protests, in 1950, he was jailed again.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
She was jailed on a $1 million bond.
—Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
Combs has been jailed in a federal detention facility in Brooklyn, New York since his arrest in September of last year, and was facing up to ten years in prison for each of the two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution he was found guilty of in July.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
The defense is asking for time served while prosecutors are calling for Combs to be jailed for at least 11 years.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Roberts, who is challenging the order to deport him to his native Guyana, remained jailed Wednesday in Sioux City, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northwest of Des Moines.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors sent the Bukele government an extradition request for Melgar, who was jailed in El Salvador at the time, according to Salvadoran court records.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
One of the suspects was preventively jailed for one month and 30 days, the Slantsevsky City Court of the Leningrad Region announced on Saturday, per Izvestia.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
Over the years, Panahi has been twice jailed in Iran and forbidden to film.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
After further protests, in 1950, he was jailed again.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
She was jailed on a $1 million bond.
—Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
Combs has been jailed in a federal detention facility in Brooklyn, New York since his arrest in September of last year, and was facing up to ten years in prison for each of the two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution he was found guilty of in July.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
The defense is asking for time served while prosecutors are calling for Combs to be jailed for at least 11 years.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Roberts, who is challenging the order to deport him to his native Guyana, remained jailed Wednesday in Sioux City, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northwest of Des Moines.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors sent the Bukele government an extradition request for Melgar, who was jailed in El Salvador at the time, according to Salvadoran court records.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
One of the suspects was preventively jailed for one month and 30 days, the Slantsevsky City Court of the Leningrad Region announced on Saturday, per Izvestia.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailed
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Saad Almadi, a 75-year-old dual US-Saudi citizen, remains barred from exiting the country after previously being imprisoned and reportedly tortured over X posts about the crown prince, including one about Khashoggi’s murder.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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They were blacklisted, harassed, silenced, and even imprisoned.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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About 20 living hostages remain captive in desperate conditions, Israeli officials say, and about 25 more are believed to have died, but their bodies have not been returned to their families.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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Canada’s last captive whales will remain at the Marineland park near Niagara Falls for now after the federal government denied the zoo’s request to ship the 30 belugas to China.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Darius Bazley interned for New Balance for a year before becoming a first-round pick in the 2019 NBA Draft.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Carpenter first met Kirk as a teenager in 2021 at a small gathering in the Arizona Biltmore and later interned for Turning Point Action.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Many, if not most, of the attendees had previously been incarcerated.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Rocha’s father was a gang member, Reynolds said, and incarcerated during his childhood.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Jailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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