as in imprisoned
to put in or as if in prison
the luckless crooks got jugged before they knew what hit them
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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 -
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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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
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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
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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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“Jugged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jugged. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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