jailed 1 of 2

adjective

as in arrested
taken and held prisoner the jailed protestors were noisily demanding to see their lawyers

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jailed

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verb

past tense of jail
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
Adjective
On many mornings, shackled migrants plead guilty to military trespass charges rather than remain jailed awaiting trial. — Agnel Philip, ProPublica, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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, 1 Sep. 2026 Both brothers said being jailed in Miami was interfering with their ability to participate in criminal proceedings in Romania. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 Davis, 63, has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder with use of a deadly weapon and has been jailed since his September 2023 arrest. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026 The change would result in a net loss of over 1,000 beds, reflecting a decrease in those who are jailed in the county. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 In 2020, she was jailed for taking part in an anti-police brutality protest near the Kremlin with Pussy Riot, clad in their synonymous pink balaclavas. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Arriviello remains jailed without bond at the New River Valley Regional Jail, officials told Fox News Digital. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Authorities said Woody was not believed to be armed or dangerous; he had been jailed on nonviolent charges. — Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailed
  1. imprisoned
  2. interned
  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
Verb
  • 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
Definition of interned
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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“Jailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailed. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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