as in arrested
taken and held prisoner
the jailed protestors were noisily demanding to see their lawyers
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as in imprisoned
to put in or as if in prison
threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked
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Recent Examples of jailed
Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
Four of the country’s 13 presidents (including Park) have been jailed.
—Victor Cha, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
Were mountain bikers jailed during the 1995 closure?
—Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024
Thursday is Mangione's first time back in New York after he was arrested and jailed in Pennsylvania on December 9.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Branch said violations could lead her to revoke Nutley's bond, and she would be jailed until the case is resolved.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024
He will be jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, a senior official told NBC News.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
He was jailed multiple times for demonstrating against the regime since the start of the uprising.
—Claire Harbage, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
Mangione remains jailed without bail at State Correctional Institute Huntingdon on charges related to a gun and fake ID police found at the time of his arrest.
—Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 17 Dec. 2024
Verb
Before the campaign season even began, Maduro’s government had jailed more than 15,000 politicians, protesters, activists, and journalists, subjecting an unknown number to torture.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
Four of the country’s 13 presidents (including Park) have been jailed.
—Victor Cha, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
Were mountain bikers jailed during the 1995 closure?
—Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024
Thursday is Mangione's first time back in New York after he was arrested and jailed in Pennsylvania on December 9.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Branch said violations could lead her to revoke Nutley's bond, and she would be jailed until the case is resolved.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024
He will be jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, a senior official told NBC News.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
He was jailed multiple times for demonstrating against the regime since the start of the uprising.
—Claire Harbage, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
Mangione remains jailed without bail at State Correctional Institute Huntingdon on charges related to a gun and fake ID police found at the time of his arrest.
—Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 17 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailed
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He was imprisoned for nearly 18 years.—
Dan Slepian,
NBC News,
30 Dec. 2024
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Iranians seized our embassy in Teheran and imprisoned diplomats for over a year.—
Arthur House,
Hartford Courant,
30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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At least seven Australians are believed to have died fighting in Ukraine, according to ABC, but none was known to have died while being held captive.—
Eric Cheung,
CNN,
15 Jan. 2025
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Gabriela Cowperthwaite Twitter aside, there’s no better way to get indignant in a short amount of time than by watching Blackfish, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary look into the world of captive killer whales.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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In the two years between his arrest and conviction, Wedding was incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2025
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He was was incarcerated at the time after being sentenced in 2009 to 19 years to life for his second-degree murder conviction in the 2003 shooting of Barbarian Queen actress Lana Clarkson.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
4 Jan. 2025
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