Synonyms of jailed

jailed 1 of 2

adjective

as in arrested

taken and held prisoner

the jailed protestors were noisily demanding to see their lawyers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrested
• imprisoned
• captive
• captured
• incarcerated
• interned
• kidnapped
• confined
• caught
• apprehended
• behind bars
• enslaved
• abducted
• trapped
• bound
• indentured
• occupied
• subdued
• subjugated
• ensnared

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• free
• released
• unconfined
• unrestrained
• freed
• liberated
• delivered
• emancipated
• paroled
• enfranchised

jailed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of jail

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

• imprisoned
• interned
• incarcerated
• arrested
• detained
• confined
• committed
• locked (up)
• restrained
• caught
• jugged
• captured
• immured
• apprehended
• restricted
• shut
• limited
• seized
• constrained
• barred
• bound
• held
• kept
• impounded
• gated
• impressed
• nabbed
• handcuffed
• pinched
• busted
• shackled
• shanghaied
• picked up
• manacled
• enchained
• fettered
• trammeled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freed
• released
• liberated
• discharged
• emancipated
• enfranchised
• manumitted
• unbound
• unchained
• uncaged
• unfettered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jailed

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

The hanged man, John Morgan, had been jailed, tried for murder, and convicted, before escaping jail, getting apprehended, and being executed—all in ten days, Mellinger said. — Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026

Since 2024, when the CHP strengthened its grip on many major cities, including the capital Ankara and Istanbul, municipalities held by the party have been targeted by waves of criminal investigations that have seen hundreds of CHP members jailed. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Now Trump’s folks are rounding up and deporting people who were jailed in their home country for the sin of defending democracy. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Reuters — Jeffrey Archer, the bestselling British novelist and former politician who was jailed for lying in a high-profile libel case, has died aged 86, his publisher HarperCollins said on Monday. — CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

If elected, Flavio Bolsonaro is all but certain to free his father and senior Brazilian military officers, who are currently jailed on charges of planning a coup to remain in power following the 2022 election. — David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

One wounded witness was jailed after failing to appear in court, while another initially invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination before a judge granted him immunity and ordered him to testify. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

In recent years, Cambodian opposition leaders say they have been surveilled and jailed in Thailand, once a refuge for asylum seekers. — Shibani Mahtani, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

Another suspect in the 2023 attacks, Italian anti-fascist activist Ilaria Salis, was jailed in Hungary for over a year following the assaults, resulting in a diplomatic dispute between Rome and Budapest over her treatment in detention. — Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026