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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interned

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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
Verb
Whiting also interned with the campaign of a Parliament candidate while studying abroad in London. — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interned
  1. imprisoned
  2. jailed
  3. arrested
  4. incarcerated
  5. captive
Adjective
  • The favorite to win Brazil’s election has promised to free his imprisoned father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, grant amnesty to supporters and impeach Supreme Court justices.
    — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The company is required by its contract and state policy to provide mental health treatment, education and other services to imprisoned youth.
    — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of imprisoned
Verb
  • Davis anti-transgender activist and school board candidate Beth Bourne was briefly jailed on trespassing charges Tuesday after her arrest outside a Sonoma high school, the Sonoma newspaper reported.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Individuals can now be fined as much as $5 billion rupiah ($280,000) and jailed up to 15 years.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of jailed
Adjective
  • In the case of the arrested teenager, who was detained in early August, agents pulled him and another man out of a truck in the 7-Eleven parking lot.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrested
Verb
  • In her experience, the criminal justice system doesn’t do nearly enough to rehabilitate the incarcerated and address the underlying issues, often based in trauma, that lead people to commit crimes.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The campaign brings together Fox and Johnson’s boundary-pushing styles and supports Fox’s nonprofit Rosebuds Reading Collective for women who are incarcerated.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of incarcerated
Adjective
  • According to Mercedes-Benz’s captive finance company, Moore doesn’t legally own the car.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Along with Cold War Choir Practice, this is her second cult-captive housewife in less than a year.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of captive

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“Interned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interned. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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