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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Marset was imprisoned from 2013 to 2018 in Uruguay, but maintains there was never any hard proof of his involvement in the drug trade.

— Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
As the court cases have been underway, Weinstein has been imprisoned at Rikers, but has been hospitalized a number of times and has said that his health has been poor.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of imprisoned

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Ratliff was arrested in September on murder charges and has pleaded not guilty and remains jailed without bond.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
In Bolivia, Yllanes was a divisive political figure during his lifetime, who was even jailed for his provocative artworks.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of jailed

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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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Mamadou Sidibé stars as Malik, a young African immigrant, who must try to survive after being incarcerated for drug smuggling.

— Carole Horst, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
The judge heard arguments from lawyers for Weinstein, who said the ailing moviemaker, incarcerated since February 2020 and having undergone heart surgery and cancer treatment, deserved leniency.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026

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