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jailed

jailed

3.5
A person who is kept in prison by the law
  • adjective
  • /dʒeɪld/
translation icon : encarcelado
  • Even more worryingly, a citizen can be jailed for two years simply if they prepare or possess material that could potentially incite hatred.

Examples

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • OK, and he was jailed for three weeks only right, right.

  • At first they seek only the release of jailed comrades, but then there are calls for a new Emperor, Hyperteus, nephew of Emperor Anastasius.

  • 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.

  • The journalist was jailed for exposing government corruption.

  • Many protestors were jailed after the demonstration turned violent.

  • He was jailed pending a trial for the charges against him.

Synonyms

captive
vsjailed
54 4.2

Kept as a prisoner and not free

focuses on detention by legal authority rather than any confinement
imprisoned
vsjailed
3.8

Kept in prison and not free

is being held specifically in a local detention facility by legal authority
confined
vsjailed
3.7

Kept in one small space and unable to leave

emphasizes legal custody specifically rather than mere physical restriction

Antonyms

337 1.0

To release someone or something that is held

How Confined

jailed
3.5
held
3.8

Surface Forms

jailed positive

Morphology

jailed = jail (transparent) = jail + ed

Standard past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'jail' meaning 'to confine', so learners who know 'jail' can directly infer 'jailed'.

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.