as in arrested
taken and held prisoner
the jailed protestors were noisily demanding to see their lawyers
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
as in imprisoned
to put in or as if in prison
threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of jailed
Agnel Philip, ProPublica, 16 Mar. 2026
Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
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
DeSouza has been jailed in lieu of $600,000 bail.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
Online records showed Gillum remained jailed in Florida on April 23 where he was being held without bond.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
The person of interest is jailed on an unrelated violent charge and is believed to have been involved in other violent incidents, BSO said in a news release.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Faux was jailed in September 2025 in connection with the assaults against Allen.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Burke remains jailed without bail and is due back in court on Thursday.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Since the 2021 army takeover, nearly 8,000 civilians have been killed and some 22,208 political detainees remain jailed, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a rights monitoring group.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
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
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
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
DeSouza has been jailed in lieu of $600,000 bail.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
Online records showed Gillum remained jailed in Florida on April 23 where he was being held without bond.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
The person of interest is jailed on an unrelated violent charge and is believed to have been involved in other violent incidents, BSO said in a news release.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Faux was jailed in September 2025 in connection with the assaults against Allen.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Burke remains jailed without bail and is due back in court on Thursday.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Since the 2021 army takeover, nearly 8,000 civilians have been killed and some 22,208 political detainees remain jailed, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a rights monitoring group.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailed
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
Adjective
-
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
-
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
Verb
-
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
-
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
Verb
-
The remaining two suspects, Perry Wayne Taylor, 64, and Carlos Cooper, 64, both of Covington, were already incarcerated by the Louisiana Department of Corrections on unrelated charges and made contact with detectives on April 22.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
25 Apr. 2026
-
Lee was incarcerated once more.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Jailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailed. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
