as in arrested
taken and held prisoner
took up the cause of imprisoned political dissidents
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as in jailed
to put in or as if in prison
in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they can't do any more harm
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Recent Examples of imprisoned
Michaela Zee, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
In the third still is Stan, talking to someone on the phone with most of the team imprisoned.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Six Americans who were imprisoned in Kuwait have been released in an agreement with the United States, a representative for their families confirmed to ABC News.
—Miles Cohen, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2025
There’s no excuse to keep our games imprisoned in a launcher nobody wants.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
By contrast, LLMs (which unfortunately do not have hands, and cannot feel the coolness of water on their fingers) remain imprisoned.
—Big Think, 11 Mar. 2025
When citizens mobilized peacefully in 2011 to oust the Assad regime, loyal security forces killed and imprisoned tens of thousands of Syrians.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
The rest were shot, imprisoned, or otherwise dissolved in the gut of Stalin’s new empire.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
During his career, Bloch’s glide path was anything but smooth—from a manufacturer of aircraft under the Bloch name, then serving as France’s Minister of Aviation, and finally imprisoned in a concentration camp during the Nazi occupation of France during WWII.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
In the sixth episode of Season 3, the 1990s timeline begins with a montage of Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) bringing meals to Coach Scott, who is imprisoned in the animal pen.
—Michaela Zee, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
In the third still is Stan, talking to someone on the phone with most of the team imprisoned.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Six Americans who were imprisoned in Kuwait have been released in an agreement with the United States, a representative for their families confirmed to ABC News.
—Miles Cohen, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2025
There’s no excuse to keep our games imprisoned in a launcher nobody wants.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
By contrast, LLMs (which unfortunately do not have hands, and cannot feel the coolness of water on their fingers) remain imprisoned.
—Big Think, 11 Mar. 2025
When citizens mobilized peacefully in 2011 to oust the Assad regime, loyal security forces killed and imprisoned tens of thousands of Syrians.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
The rest were shot, imprisoned, or otherwise dissolved in the gut of Stalin’s new empire.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
During his career, Bloch’s glide path was anything but smooth—from a manufacturer of aircraft under the Bloch name, then serving as France’s Minister of Aviation, and finally imprisoned in a concentration camp during the Nazi occupation of France during WWII.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprisoned
Verb
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Lundy has remained jailed since his November arrest, and his attorney did not respond to requests for comment.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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Any of us may be stripped of citizenship, jailed, deported.—
Joe Mathews,
The Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Dozens of Israeli hostages are still being held captive by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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Six people in Ohio are accused of holding a man captive for about a week and repeatedly beating him with a metal baseball bat.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Back in 2012, the two starred in The Paperboy, in which Efron’s wide-eyed character falls for an older woman (Kidman) who is in love with an incarcerated murderer.—
Andrea Mandell,
Peoplemag,
27 June 2024
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Investigators later said the driver was unaware of the scam call that Brock had received with threats and demands for money, citing an incarcerated relative.—
Mark Scolforo,
Fortune,
20 Apr. 2024
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“Imprisoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprisoned. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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