JUGGED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

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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Mohammed confessed to planning and executing the attacks while imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed remains imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, where he and three co-defendants are scheduled to face a military tribunal in 2028.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

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The Belarusian opposition has welcomed Coale's efforts as an important humanitarian mission, but emphasized that Lukashenko's government has jailed more political prisoners.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Jacobs was jailed but released the following day after the Brown County District Attorney’s Office found insufficient evidence to pursue criminal charges.

— Zach Powell, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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Peyton Stewart was a 21-year-old international business major who grew up with her sister in Westwood, New Jersey, studied abroad in London and interned at TikTok.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
Johnson hired a young Ossoff as a staffer on the recommendation of the late Georgia Congressman John Lewis, the civil rights icon Ossoff interned for and considered a mentor.

— Sam Gringlas, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

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Carpenter, now 62, has been incarcerated at York Correctional Institution in Niantic for 25 years.

— Greg Smith, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026
People in crisis incarcerated in Joliet have set over 60 fires since summer 2024, including eight cases of self-immolation and, after guards impeded access to lifesaving care, at least one death.

— Joan Steffen, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026

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