Synonyms of jailing

jailing

verb

present participle of jail

as in imprisoning

to put in or as if in prison

threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imprisoning
• incarcerating
• interning
• detaining
• arresting
• confining
• restraining
• committing
• locking (up)
• catching
• restricting
• shutting
• capturing
• limiting
• apprehending
• jugging
• immuring
• constraining
• barring
• seizing
• gating
• impressing
• keeping
• pinching
• impounding
• holding
• handcuffing
• binding
• nabbing
• busting
• shackling
• shanghaiing
• fettering
• picking up
• enchaining
• trammeling
• manacling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeing
• discharging
• releasing
• liberating
• emancipating
• enfranchising
• unchaining
• manumitting
• unbinding
• unfettering
• uncaging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jailing

When individuals and institutions have spoken out against policy toward Israel, the president has wielded the power of the state to attack them, withholding funding from universities and deporting and jailing protesters. — Michael Fuchs, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026

Critics say the 12-year rule of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has marked a crackdown on civil society and jailing of political opponents. — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026

Also contentious was last year’s jailing of former Trade Minister Thomas Lembong over sugar import permits a decade ago despite no evidence of personal financial gain. — Chandra Asmara, Fortune, 30 June 2026

Officials have said that the hope is to provide safer jailing of people in custody, in smaller population numbers, closer to their communities. — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 30 June 2026

Some chants from the crowd called for jailing the officer who killed Love. — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026

Some compared him to El Salvador’s authoritarian president, Nayib Bukele, who is widely popular throughout Latin America for jailing alleged gang members with no due process. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026

The government shut off the internet, and the military and police cracked down, eventually extinguishing the protests and jailing more than 1,400. — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026

Diversion program 8 years old California’s mental health diversion program was enacted in 2018 under the argument that jailing the mentally ill only makes their condition worse and does not prevent them from committing more crimes upon their release. — Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2026