jugged

verb

past tense of jug
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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  1. imprisoned
  2. jailed
  3. interned
  4. incarcerated
Verb
  • He’s been imprisoned since before she was born, sentenced to death by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
    — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • Officials say that since the state of emergency was imposed, more than 92,480 people accused of belonging to gangs or having ties to them have been imprisoned.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of imprisoned
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  • Williams, who was arrested and jailed in connection with each of these encampment sweeps, became part of this huge minority in local jails.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • Hundreds of people have been jailed and thousands of others have fled the country.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of jailed
Verb
  • One of our young people in Tulsa, Oklahoma, interned at a company in their risk management department.
    — Byron V. Garrett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Truell, a New York City native, interned at Google, while Sanger, a member of MIT’s squash team, interned at Bridgewater Associates.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
Definition of interned
Verb
  • He was incarcerated at the South Idaho Correctional Institution just south of Boise.
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2026
  • According to the Italian news agency ANSA, Schettino is incarcerated at Rome’s Rebibbia prison.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026
Definition of incarcerated
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