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
Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 May 2026
Torrie Lemon, 24, pleaded guilty to the charge on Thursday, May 14, according to a sentencing order obtained by PEOPLE, which notes that following her 40 days jailed, she would be placed on probation for a period of 1,420 days.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
He was ordered jailed but could request bail at a later date.
—ABC News, 15 May 2026
Co-defendant Ehab Mustafa will remain jailed for now.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Benson may not remain jailed for long.
—Brian Maass, CBS News, 9 May 2026
As dissidents are detained, journalists jailed, and freedom of expression extinguished, lawyers are often the last line of defense.
—Irwin Cotler, Time, 8 May 2026
Nonprofit organizations such as International Federation of Journalists, Amnesty International, and Committee to Protect Journalists advocate on behalf of unfairly jailed and oppressed journalists worldwide.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
They must be jailed or placed in treatment.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 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
Alicia Vikander plays Baranov’s wife Ksenia, and Tom Sturridge is a banker and oligarch based on former oil and gas baron Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was jailed after challenging Putin’s grip on power.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 May 2026
Torrie Lemon, 24, pleaded guilty to the charge on Thursday, May 14, according to a sentencing order obtained by PEOPLE, which notes that following her 40 days jailed, she would be placed on probation for a period of 1,420 days.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
He was ordered jailed but could request bail at a later date.
—ABC News, 15 May 2026
Co-defendant Ehab Mustafa will remain jailed for now.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Benson may not remain jailed for long.
—Brian Maass, CBS News, 9 May 2026
As dissidents are detained, journalists jailed, and freedom of expression extinguished, lawyers are often the last line of defense.
—Irwin Cotler, Time, 8 May 2026
Nonprofit organizations such as International Federation of Journalists, Amnesty International, and Committee to Protect Journalists advocate on behalf of unfairly jailed and oppressed journalists worldwide.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
They must be jailed or placed in treatment.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailed
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In López’s city of Tocoa, environmental defenders fighting the mining project have been getting picked off for years and eight activists were imprisoned for more than two years in what lawyers said was retaliation for their work.—
Marlon González,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Witnesses also described how Venezuelan courts became powerless once intelligence officials decided detainees would remain imprisoned.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
11 May 2026
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What started with bison hooves helping to restore the prairie grass continues through the Turner Endangered Species Fund, which gives the Bolson tortoise — North America’s largest and rarest tortoise — a leg up through a captive breeding program at the Armendaris Ranch in New Mexico.—
Susan Montoya Bryan,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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For the first four years, the captive had no claims from the taxpayer's operating business.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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In the summers, from 2022 to 2024, Skylar interned with her dad’s former team as part of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.—
Nasha Smith,
PEOPLE,
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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Weinstein, 74, has been incarcerated since his first rape conviction in 2020.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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Now 74, Weinstein has been incarcerated since 2020.—
Chloee Weiner,
NPR,
15 May 2026
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“Jailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailed. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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