interned 1 of 2

adjective

as in imprisoned
taken and held prisoner the soldiers daringly rescued their interned comrades without the loss of a single life

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verb

past tense of intern
as in jailed
to put in or as if in prison some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II

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Recent Examples of interned
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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 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 But the younger Meek isn’t emerging out of nowhere, either, having interned for congressional committees and the Executive office of the President under Joe Biden, according to his LinkedIn. — Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2026 Maney is a New Jersey native who once interned with radio shock jock Howard Stern and also worked with radio personality Elvis Duran. — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026 Lake previously interned at the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office and has worked as a legal intern and translator in Beijing, China. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026 One of our young people in Tulsa, Oklahoma, interned at a company in their risk management department. — Byron V. Garrett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Truell, a New York City native, interned at Google, while Sanger, a member of MIT’s squash team, interned at Bridgewater Associates. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interned
  1. imprisoned
  2. jailed
  3. captive
  4. incarcerated
Adjective
  • Last year, the PKK — considered a terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies — announced its decision to disband, following a call by its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The move came in response to a call from its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of imprisoned
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  • İmamoğlu was jailed and formally disqualified from public office.
    — Nick TaborAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Many other leading activists were also jailed under the same law, including former media tycoon Jimmy Lai.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of jailed
Adjective
  • Other Surrealists, meanwhile, seemed to take from animals a license to exploit other (generally female) bodies, as in Clovis Trouille’sJustine(1937), in which both a naked female figure and a lion are bound and captive.
    — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • When a regulated utility builds the same project, overruns are passed to captive customers.
    — Joshua Macey, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of captive
Verb
  • Robert Guarnieri, Ramsey’s attorney, previously said in court that Brumley met Wehdah while she was incarcerated at Louisville’s jail and later arranged a date with him.
    — Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2026
  • At the request of Kapoor’s attorney, the judge recommended to the Bureau of Prisons that Kapoor be incarcerated near Atlanta, where Kapoor’s family is located.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of incarcerated

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“Interned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interned. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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