1. confined in jail or prison

1. past tense and past participle of jail; put or kept in prison

Examples

• The suspect was jailed for theft.
• He was jailed without bail pending trial.
• The protesters were jailed overnight.
• She visited her jailed brother every week.
• The jailed politician maintained his innocence.
• They were jailed for six months.
• The judge jailed the repeat offender.