jailed

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jailed

/d͡ʒeɪld/

Rhymes with -eɪld

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of jail
Similar: incarcerated

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Closest in meaning: captive, confined, imprisoned, unfree, arrest, arrested, arresting, captured, convicted, detained, detainee, detainees, detaining, detention, entrapped, gaoled

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@misc{jailed_2026,
  title = {jailed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jailed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}