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
Agnel Philip,
ProPublica,
16 Mar. 2026
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
The 68-year-old former police officer has been jailed repeatedly in China for commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown and failed escape attempts through Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam.
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Kanis Leung,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Considering her Season 1 character Mia, aka Lady Vengeance, a serial killer by night and sommelier by day, was killed while jailed, is anyone’s guess.
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Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
After his arrest last May, Hoopes was placed in a mental health hold before being jailed, court records show.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
29 June 2026
The suspect was jailed at Clark County Detention Center and awaiting extradition from Nevada to Utah, according to the outlet.
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Kelsie Cairns,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are jailed in New York City while awaiting trial on drug trafficking charges.
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ABC News,
25 June 2026
According to testimony, police received several letters believed to be written by Abdulkareem, who has been jailed since his arrest.
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Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2026
Many voters had hoped the election would draw a line under years of political chaos that has seen a string of presidents jailed, deposed and impeached.
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CBS News,
24 June 2026
Adjective
On many mornings, shackled migrants plead guilty to military trespass charges rather than remain jailed awaiting trial.
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Agnel Philip,
ProPublica,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
Jail records show that Alcin, Martinez, Cobas and Putney were all denied bond and remained jailed at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
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Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
The 68-year-old former police officer has been jailed repeatedly in China for commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown and failed escape attempts through Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam.
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Kanis Leung,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Considering her Season 1 character Mia, aka Lady Vengeance, a serial killer by night and sommelier by day, was killed while jailed, is anyone’s guess.
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Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
After his arrest last May, Hoopes was placed in a mental health hold before being jailed, court records show.
—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
29 June 2026
The suspect was jailed at Clark County Detention Center and awaiting extradition from Nevada to Utah, according to the outlet.
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Kelsie Cairns,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are jailed in New York City while awaiting trial on drug trafficking charges.
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ABC News,
25 June 2026
According to testimony, police received several letters believed to be written by Abdulkareem, who has been jailed since his arrest.
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Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2026
Many voters had hoped the election would draw a line under years of political chaos that has seen a string of presidents jailed, deposed and impeached.
—
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailed
Adjective
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Fujimori, the daughter of a disgraced former president, and Sánchez, an ally of an imprisoned ex-president, beat 33 other candidates in the initial vote in April, but neither earned even 20% of support.
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Fujimori, daughter of a disgraced former president, and Sánchez, an ally of an imprisoned ex-president, were on the runoff’s ballot after beating 33 other candidates in the vote in April, but neither earned even 20% of support.
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Truell, a New York City native, interned at Google, while Sanger, a member of MIT’s squash team, interned at Bridgewater Associates.
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Jorcius’ younger brother interned at Blue Swan Boulders, a rock-climbing gym in downtown Orlando.
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On Sunday, deputies got a 911 call from a teenage girl saying she was being held captive.
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In 1839, 53 captive Mende people taken from Sierra Leone revolted aboard the Spanish ship La Amistad, diverting the ship from its original destination of Cuba toward the Northeast.
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The goal is to eventually close the island to incarcerated individuals in a decarceration plan, replacing it with four other jails in Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn.
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Caleb Crawford was incarcerated in 2016 after indecently touching his cousin, a 12-year-old girl at the time.
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