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
Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 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
DeSouza has been jailed in lieu of $600,000 bail.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 23 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
The person of interest is jailed on an unrelated violent charge and is believed to have been involved in other violent incidents, BSO said in a news release.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Faux was jailed in September 2025 in connection with the assaults against Allen.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Burke remains jailed without bail and is due back in court on Thursday.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Since the 2021 army takeover, nearly 8,000 civilians have been killed and some 22,208 political detainees remain jailed, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a rights monitoring group.
—ABC News, 10 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
Lil Tjay was briefly jailed on suspicion of misdemeanor disorderly conduct-affray before he was released on $500 bond.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 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
DeSouza has been jailed in lieu of $600,000 bail.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 23 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
The person of interest is jailed on an unrelated violent charge and is believed to have been involved in other violent incidents, BSO said in a news release.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Faux was jailed in September 2025 in connection with the assaults against Allen.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Burke remains jailed without bail and is due back in court on Thursday.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Since the 2021 army takeover, nearly 8,000 civilians have been killed and some 22,208 political detainees remain jailed, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a rights monitoring group.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailed
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DFIs channeled public money into private equity funds whose managers paid themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to expand a health care regime that, in some cases, had effectively imprisoned the people who most needed help.—
Hettie O'Brien,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
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Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat who was imprisoned from 2018 to 2021, said Tuesday the agreement will lead to unfair competition and the erosion of Canada’s industrial base.—
Laura Dhillon Kane,
Bloomberg,
21 Apr. 2026
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For too long, Live Nation and Ticketmaster held fans captive.—
Letitia James,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2026
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Only one cardinal survived—smells like a snitch—and Urban was apparently disappointed by how little the other captive cardinals had screamed.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
20 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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University records show Hunt interned on Capitol Hill for a Democratic senator while Porter was in the House.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Apr. 2026
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The remaining two suspects, Perry Wayne Taylor, 64, and Carlos Cooper, 64, both of Covington, were already incarcerated by the Louisiana Department of Corrections on unrelated charges and made contact with detectives on April 22.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
25 Apr. 2026
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Lee was incarcerated once more.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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