remanded

verb

past tense of remand
as in detained

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remanded
  1. detained
  2. jailed
  3. incarcerated
  4. imprisoned
  5. confined
  6. arrested
  7. apprehended
  8. committed
Verb
  • The alleged attacker was detained and interrogated by Saudi authorities.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • British police provided no further details on the latest suspect beyond identifying him as a 27-year-old man who was detained in London.
    — Greg Miller, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of detained
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  • 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, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of jailed
Verb
  • His attorney requested that he be incarcerated at FPC Yankton, a minimum-security federal prison camp in South Dakota.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
  • One person was allegedly able to gamble $2,400 while incarcerated under Troutman’s watch.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of incarcerated
Verb
  • Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was imprisoned in Russia in March 2023 on espionage charges, was released in August 2024 as part of a prisoner swap with the United States.
    — Scott Nover, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s main political rival, has been imprisoned since March of last year and is on trial on corruption charges.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of imprisoned
Verb
  • That lesson will not stay confined to tolling ships or claiming seabeds.
    — Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The agreement’s political framework has been overtaken by events, and Ethiopia’s conflicts are no longer confined to the relationship between Addis Ababa and Mekelle.
    — Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of confined
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  • In 2010, 11 deep-cover Russian spies were arrested across the United States, sending shockwaves around the globe.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • An officer arrested the suspect after spotting him walking alone on a street in Naha's entertainment district late Saturday, Kyodo said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of arrested
Verb
  • The video includes the search of Mangione's bag when he was apprehended at an Altoona McDonald's, the retrieval of the murder weapon and Mangione's transport in a squad car.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • After being apprehended in Syria, she was transferred to FBI custody in January 2022.
    — Sara Harmouch, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of apprehended
Verb
  • Last month, a court in The Hague, Netherlands, found former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army commanders guilty of war crimes committed during the 1998-99 war for independence from Serbia.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Pike committed the murder over an intense romantic jealousy of Slemmer, who allegedly attempted to steal her boyfriend’s attention.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of committed
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