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verb

past tense of jail

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Recent Examples of jailed
Verb
Jennifer Gledhill, 41 of Cottonwood Heights, was arrested Wednesday and is jailed in Salt Lake County without bond, according to court records. CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024 If convicted of abetting a public servant, Ong could be jailed for up to two years, fined, or both. Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024 Singapore Reuters — A Singapore court charged a property billionaire on Friday with obstructing justice and abetting offenses by a disgraced ex-transport minister jailed a day earlier in the city-state’s high-profile government graft case. Reuters, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024 The nation’s last cabinet minister charged with graft was Wee Toon Boon, who was found guilty in 1975 and jailed for accepting gifts. Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024 He could be jailed for up to seven years, fined, or both, if convicted of abetting and obstruction of justice. Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024 Shelley Luther, a beautician who was jailed for refusing to close her hair salon in Dallas during the pandemic, won the primary for a House seat this March after two failed campaigns supported by Dunn and Wilks. Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2024 He was taken into custody Tuesday night and remained jailed there without bond Wednesday. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024 He could be jailed for up to 10 years if convicted. Afp, Fortune Europe, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailed
Verb
  • Katie was murdered as a 7-year-old girl; where her murderer lives, imprisoned or paroled, makes no difference in our lives.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Convicted and imprisoned in 2000, the plucky criminal escaped jail and then evaded capture by holing up for months in a Toys ‘r Us and Circuit City store in North Carolina.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Venom and a host of other symbiotes held captive at Area 51 manage to stop Knull’s army of monstrous alien Xenophages from acquiring the Codex.
    Richard Newby, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
  • New ceasefire push The escalation came as the United States pushed for a new effort to reach a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, that would end the war and see the release of Israeli and foreign hostages held captive in Gaza as well as many Palestinians jailed by Israel.
    Nidal al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • These ads came up in a Fox News interview with Harris, in which she was asked about her past statements about access to gender-affirming care for people who are incarcerated or detained.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The document states that transgender inmates may require access to individual counseling, emotional support, and medical care such as hormone therapy, surgery, and more while incarcerated based on their individualized assessment.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024

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