LOCKED (UP) Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

locked (up)

verb

past tense of lock (up)

as in imprisoned

to put in or as if in prison if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!

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She was imprisoned for four months in different facilities, where she was deprived of her medications, forced to stay awake, and convicted of falsified charges, according to the lawsuit.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
The gang still exists, but most of Romo’s followers are dead, imprisoned or hiding after becoming government witnesses.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of imprisoned

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In 2020, she was jailed for taking part in an anti-police brutality protest near the Kremlin with Pussy Riot, clad in their synonymous pink balaclavas.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
The divorced father of two was jailed for a minimum of eight hours under Florida law before being released on bail.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of jailed

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Black Americans were struggling against the legacy of Jim Crow, and Abdeen interned with Ernest Goodman, a civil-rights lawyer who was reviving the National Lawyers Guild, a collective of progressive legal professionals.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
During her collegiate studies, Jones actually interned for NBC 5 back during the summer of 2022.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of interned

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People incarcerated at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York initiated an uprising by taking control of the prison, demanding better living conditions and rights.

— USA Today, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Dave Evans, a spokesperson for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, said Sunday that Vasquez had been released from custody while Felix remained incarcerated at the Lower Buckeye Jail in Phoenix.

— CBS News, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of incarcerated

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Authorities confined the fire to the third-floor nursery, but the tragedy exposed questions over fire alarms, equipment and evacuation routes in Pakistan’s overstretched public hospitals.

— Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Unlike the widespread good fortune of Monday’s major money Florida Lottery drawings, Tuesday’s Mega Millions, Jackpot Triple Play and Fantasy 5 luck was confined to one player at one RaceTrac station.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

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