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
Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
In the play’s penultimate scene — one of the most gorgeous, daring and breathless in American theater, and all taking place in an imprisoned Gallimard’s imagination — Song strips for Gallimard, trying to force him to confront the truth.
—Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2026
Foro Penal, which keeps tabs on imprisoned dissidents and regime opponents, estimates that nearly 400 detainees will not benefit, noting the law covers only a 13-year period of the 27 years of Chavismo.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Habeas petitions are, as a rule, the last option for an imprisoned person to void their convictions.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
On his mother’s side, his aunt Lilo and her daughter Ellien are chased across Europe, imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen and Ravensbruck, surviving only to face more tragedy.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
You are not imprisoned for the conviction of a felony.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Mohammadi, awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize while imprisoned, has spent decades as one of Iran’s most prominent women’s rights and human rights activists.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
The association fulfills its human rights mandate through protest campaigns in opposition to censorship and by fighting for the release of journalists who have been imprisoned for their work.
—Marlen Bartsch, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
The project denounces Haiti’s justice system through the story of a woman imprisoned for years without trial and later judged not by law, but by scripture.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
Those who answered no to the questions were, in most cases, imprisoned for the remainder of the war or beyond.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
DFIs channeled public money into private equity funds whose managers paid themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to expand a health care regime that, in some cases, had effectively imprisoned the people who most needed help.
—Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Yenisey Taboada’s small apartment in Havana is filled with photos of her imprisoned son, Duannis Tabaoda.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
In the play’s penultimate scene — one of the most gorgeous, daring and breathless in American theater, and all taking place in an imprisoned Gallimard’s imagination — Song strips for Gallimard, trying to force him to confront the truth.
—Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2026
Foro Penal, which keeps tabs on imprisoned dissidents and regime opponents, estimates that nearly 400 detainees will not benefit, noting the law covers only a 13-year period of the 27 years of Chavismo.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Habeas petitions are, as a rule, the last option for an imprisoned person to void their convictions.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
Verb
Poczobut, imprisoned for covering 2020 pro-democracy rallies in Belarus, became a symbol of political repression and won the EU’s Sakharov Prize while jailed.
—Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
On his mother’s side, his aunt Lilo and her daughter Ellien are chased across Europe, imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen and Ravensbruck, surviving only to face more tragedy.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
You are not imprisoned for the conviction of a felony.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Mohammadi, awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize while imprisoned, has spent decades as one of Iran’s most prominent women’s rights and human rights activists.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
The association fulfills its human rights mandate through protest campaigns in opposition to censorship and by fighting for the release of journalists who have been imprisoned for their work.
—Marlen Bartsch, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
The project denounces Haiti’s justice system through the story of a woman imprisoned for years without trial and later judged not by law, but by scripture.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
Those who answered no to the questions were, in most cases, imprisoned for the remainder of the war or beyond.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
DFIs channeled public money into private equity funds whose managers paid themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to expand a health care regime that, in some cases, had effectively imprisoned the people who most needed help.
—Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprisoned
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Lil Tjay was briefly jailed on suspicion of misdemeanor disorderly conduct-affray before he was released on $500 bond.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Nick Reiner, 32, who remains jailed without bail, has pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder charges against him.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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One theory for how the disease is spread is through captive cervid farms that house deer, elk, or moose in large quantities.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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However, thanks to efforts to reintroduce captive piping plovers into the wild and conserve their natural habitat, their local numbers have seen a resurgence.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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More than two dozen EBC students interned last summer with the public schools as teacher aides.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Among them are the New Yorker writer Emily Hahn, who was living in Hong Kong under Japanese occupation, and Donald Hasuike, a fourteen-year-old Japanese American who was interned at a camp in Colorado with family before being shipped to Japan against his will.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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By communicating with incarcerated activists Robert Earl Council and Melvin Ray, the film exposes systemic issues, including brutal conditions and high mortality rates, while advocating for transparency and justice in a system that often operates in secrecy.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, Reisz said, lawyers are pushing judges who oversee the cases to act swiftly, since interminable procedural delays ensure people remain incarcerated.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Imprisoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprisoned. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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