jailed
- adjective
- /dʒeɪld/
- Even more worryingly, a citizen can be jailed for two years simply if they prepare or possess material that could potentially incite hatred.
Examples
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So there's no rallies because most of the activists has been jailed like the last nine months were spent just jailing every single dissident in Russia.
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But when you read that headline, man jailed after shouting at police, people think, and they read it as man jailed for shouting at police.
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OK, and he was jailed for three weeks only right, right.
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At first they seek only the release of jailed comrades, but then there are calls for a new Emperor, Hyperteus, nephew of Emperor Anastasius.
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You were homeschooled, home schooled technically, but no real course material or just kept in the house basically, like jailed in the house, kept the cage.
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The journalist was jailed for exposing government corruption.
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Many protestors were jailed after the demonstration turned violent.
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He was jailed pending a trial for the charges against him.
Synonyms
Kept as a prisoner and not free
Kept in prison and not free
Kept in one small space and unable to leave
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Jailed comes from an old word that meant 'cage' or 'small space'. So to be jailed is to be kept in a locked place like a cage.