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
Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Over the past 15 years, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been imprisoned, blindfolded, interrogated, and put under house arrest with a 20-year ban on making films.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025
Political theorist Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937), an Italian anti-fascist journalist, organizer, and imprisoned political dissident, offered a conception of society and described the possibilities for changing social orders.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
He and Steve Bannon were each held in contempt of Congress and imprisoned for four months after the DOJ prosecuted them.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The suspect has not practiced medicine since 2017 and hasn't been imprisoned throughout the eight-year investigation, France 24 noted.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
He and Baines were imprisoned and questioned for counterfeiting coins, and Marlowe was sent home.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
During the military coup in Argentina in the 1970s, the government routinely imprisoned and sometimes executed individuals without as much as charging them with a crime, let alone giving them due process.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Moore previously served as the defense attorney for Louise and David Turpin, the California couple who abused and imprisoned their 13 children and dependent adults in a 'house of horrors' for years.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
Arafat’s successor, current PA President Mahmoud Abbas, has banished and imprisoned opponents and critics.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Over the past 15 years, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been imprisoned, blindfolded, interrogated, and put under house arrest with a 20-year ban on making films.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025
Political theorist Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937), an Italian anti-fascist journalist, organizer, and imprisoned political dissident, offered a conception of society and described the possibilities for changing social orders.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
He and Steve Bannon were each held in contempt of Congress and imprisoned for four months after the DOJ prosecuted them.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The suspect has not practiced medicine since 2017 and hasn't been imprisoned throughout the eight-year investigation, France 24 noted.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
He and Baines were imprisoned and questioned for counterfeiting coins, and Marlowe was sent home.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
During the military coup in Argentina in the 1970s, the government routinely imprisoned and sometimes executed individuals without as much as charging them with a crime, let alone giving them due process.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Moore previously served as the defense attorney for Louise and David Turpin, the California couple who abused and imprisoned their 13 children and dependent adults in a 'house of horrors' for years.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprisoned
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But the friendship fell apart earlier this year when Farage refused to echo Musk’s support for Robinson, the founder of the now-defunct anti-immigration English Defence League (EDL), who was previously jailed for being in contempt of court by repeating false accusations about a Syrian refugee.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Lula was imprisoned in 2018, but he was released in November 2019 after the Supreme Court ruled that defendants can’t be jailed before exhausting appeal options.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The 35-year-old founder has built a remarkably high-earning captive agency, all while staying within the corporate framework that others rush to leave.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The college’s newspaper, The Chronicle, reported on Seinfeld’s comments after they were made at an event featuring Omer Shem Tov, a former Israeli hostage who was held captive by Hamas for 505 days.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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Coppola interned with Chanel in the summer of 1986, and her youngest Cosima followed in her footsteps by interning with the house this summer.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps less known, but likely no less significant, some 700 Japanese Americans were briefly interned here during World War II.—
Don Sproul,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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The California Medical Facility is the largest hospital for incarcerated people in the state.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Some incarcerated people have published their first professional publications through it.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Imprisoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprisoned. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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