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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Fonzi’s second directorial outing tells the gripping story of Julieta, a young woman imprisoned after suffering a miscarriage, and Soledad Deza (portrayed by Fonzi herself), the courageous lawyer who dares to fight for justice in this deeply controversial and high-stakes case.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
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Trump’s second term started out sunnier for Grenell, who played a key role in bringing back several Americans imprisoned in the country and sought to help negotiate deportation flights.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors sent the Bukele government an extradition request for Melgar, who was jailed in El Salvador at the time, according to Salvadoran court records.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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One of the suspects was preventively jailed for one month and 30 days, the Slantsevsky City Court of the Leningrad Region announced on Saturday, per Izvestia.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Carpenter first met Kirk as a teenager in 2021 at a small gathering in the Arizona Biltmore and later interned for Turning Point Action.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Coppola interned with Chanel in the summer of 1986, and her youngest Cosima followed in her footsteps by interning with the house this summer.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
11 Sep. 2025
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The doctor has maintained his innocence but was convicted and incarcerated.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Sep. 2025
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Dadiomov also said the way these drugs are used among people who are incarcerated is different because of the setting.—
Abigail Brooks,
NBC news,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Jugged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jugged. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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