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
Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Valizadeh is among at least 15 reporters currently jailed in Iran, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
—Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Carr gave Huntley a false alibi and was subsequently jailed for 21 months for perverting the course of justice.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Torosian said he was jailed and beaten when the Revolutionary Guard found Christian items in his Tehran home.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 7 Mar. 2026
Moorman was initially jailed in lieu of $100,000 bail.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Jasmine Williams, one of the plaintiffs, described being handcuffed and jailed after being stopped for riding a scooter on the sidewalk.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Women were beaten, jailed and killed for refusing to wear a hijab.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2026
Kwok spoke with The Associated Press on Friday, one day after a Hong Kong court jailed her 69-year-old father, Kwok Yin-sang, for attempting to withdraw roughly $11,000 from her insurance policy.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
Other travelers have been burned, gored or even jailed after breaking park safety rules.
—Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Valizadeh is among at least 15 reporters currently jailed in Iran, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
—Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Carr gave Huntley a false alibi and was subsequently jailed for 21 months for perverting the course of justice.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Torosian said he was jailed and beaten when the Revolutionary Guard found Christian items in his Tehran home.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 7 Mar. 2026
Moorman was initially jailed in lieu of $100,000 bail.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Jasmine Williams, one of the plaintiffs, described being handcuffed and jailed after being stopped for riding a scooter on the sidewalk.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Women were beaten, jailed and killed for refusing to wear a hijab.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2026
Kwok spoke with The Associated Press on Friday, one day after a Hong Kong court jailed her 69-year-old father, Kwok Yin-sang, for attempting to withdraw roughly $11,000 from her insurance policy.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailed
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Tommy Thompson, a research scientist who was imprisoned for a decade after refusing to disclose where an 1800s shipwreck's gold coins were being stored, was released, according to federal Bureau of Prisons records.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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At 15, a Czech citizen and Jewish, he was imprisoned by the Nazis and survived a death camp march from Auschwitz.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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Hezbollah, though significantly degraded by Israeli operations in 2024, had spent decades holding Lebanon captive as an armed state within a state.—
Andrew Ghalili,
Boston Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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Condors were brought back from the brink of extinction in the early 1980s through captive breeding programs.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Before his project, Saenz interned with the Camp Catanese Foundation, which is a college-preparation program that provides support to underserved and first-generation students.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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One of them was Jon Ossoff, a millennial who had once interned for Congressman John Lewis.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
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Investigators said Edwin Wylie-Biggs, 44, who was already incarcerated at the jail, coordinated with people outside the facility to arrange the delivery of narcotics.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Meyer suggested that people facing decades in prison may be motivated to change for the better while incarcerated in order to earn a sentence reduction, and said the state could see longer-term savings in prison costs.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2026
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