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
Karl Vick, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned on Bali since 2012.
—CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Directed by Oscar winner Bille August, The Count of Monte Cristo stars Claflin as Edmond Dantès, a young sailor who was falsely accused of treason and is imprisoned without trial in the Château d’If, a grim island fortress off Marseille, France.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 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
The recipient was the dissident theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who had been imprisoned several months earlier, on account of his opposition to the Nazi regime.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Many factory owners have fled or been imprisoned following the regime change last August, and the sector continues to grapple with unresolved regulatory and financial issues.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
The teacher explains how by being imprisoned, the cub will never learn to speak.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
In southern India, Diwali celebrates the victory of Lord Krishna’s destruction of the demon Naraka who is said to have imprisoned women and tormented his subjects.
—Deepa Bharath, Twin Cities, 20 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
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
Directed by Oscar winner Bille August, The Count of Monte Cristo stars Claflin as Edmond Dantès, a young sailor who was falsely accused of treason and is imprisoned without trial in the Château d’If, a grim island fortress off Marseille, France.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 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
The recipient was the dissident theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who had been imprisoned several months earlier, on account of his opposition to the Nazi regime.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Many factory owners have fled or been imprisoned following the regime change last August, and the sector continues to grapple with unresolved regulatory and financial issues.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
The teacher explains how by being imprisoned, the cub will never learn to speak.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
In southern India, Diwali celebrates the victory of Lord Krishna’s destruction of the demon Naraka who is said to have imprisoned women and tormented his subjects.
—Deepa Bharath, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprisoned
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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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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
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There were roughly 60,000 people in immigration detention nationwide in both August and September – more than at any time since the United States government interned some 120,000 people, the majority of Japanese citizenship or ancestry, during World War II.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 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://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprisoned. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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