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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Moore previously served as the defense attorney for Louise and David Turpin, the California couple who abused and imprisoned their 13 children and dependent adults in a 'house of horrors' for years.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
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South America is buzzing with debates over whether Maduro should be exiled or imprisoned.—
Kristina Foltz,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Atlanta rapper was jailed from May 9, 2022, through October 31, 2024, and in the past week, several of his alleged phone conversations have been released to the public through social media.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Acosta Peña joined a group of seventeen Venezuelan women, some of whom had been jailed for more than six months.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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From January 2015 until August 2016, Cawthorn interned for Meadows.—
Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Sep. 2025
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In fact, many of the technical experts working on eVTOL in the Bay Area either previously worked at or interned in the NASA or Army rotorcraft R&D groups at Moffett Field.—
Mike Hirschberg,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Young Thug has been at the center of controversy over the past several days, as recordings of jailhouse calls made while he was incarcerated during the YSL trial have leaked online.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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The series, made by Adolescence producer Warp Films, follows Matthew Gurney as a Deaf man returning to society after ten years incarcerated.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Jugged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jugged. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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