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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The royal family was captured in Varennes and imprisoned; the king and queen were later executed.—
Elle Meier,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026 -
The interim Venezuelan government has offered a token trickle of freedom to opposition prisoners since the capture of former dictator Nicolas Maduro, but hundreds remain imprisoned.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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While jailed, Braddy also became known for delaying his first trial by going through 10 lawyers and, at one point, representing himself.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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Chavez was jailed for two years, but emerged as the leading presidential candidate in 1998 on a socialist revolutionary platform.—
James Trapani,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Scott moved to New York City and attended the Culinary Institute of New York in 2009, and later interned at the Food Network.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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By June 1945, some 400 POWs were interned at the camp.—
George Castle,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
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Monday, that same man was a criminal defendant incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York’s Brooklyn borough, having just been arraigned on drug trafficking, narcoterrorism and weapons charges.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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He has never been incarcerated; he has never even been arrested.—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Jugged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jugged. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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