as in imprisoning
to put in or as if in prison
the luckless crooks got jugged before they knew what hit them
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Recent Examples of jugging
In 2022, authorities charged Carlos Rusi and three other Houston men with a bank jugging case in Burbank, California, according to FOX 26.
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Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jugging
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For decades, the Islamic Republic has neutered its domestic opposition, imprisoning its critics including former presidents.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Maduro ruled Venezuela's 28 million people as an autocrat, imprisoning his opposition and leaving the economy of an oil rich nation in shambles.—
Scott Pelley,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Symbolic political prisoner releases bring hope The Chavismo movement has been accused of jailing political prisoners for decades and holding them in the infamous Helicoide prison, controlled by the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN).—
Flora Charner,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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There were massacres, suppression of speech, banning of political opposition, closing of non-Islamist press, jailing of opponents and public executions of political and religious enemies.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2026
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After losing her job as a social worker in 2008, Scott found work as a cruise ship chef before leaving to study at the Culinary Institute of New York and interning at the Food Network.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
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Thanks to his commitment to help others, Tapia has served as a mentor in Cal State DC Scholars, a program in which students earn academic credit while interning in the nation’s capital.—
Larry D. Urish,
Oc Register,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Jugging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jugging. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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