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Adjective: jailed  jeyld
  1. Being in captivity
    "The jailed father was worried about being separated from his children for so long"
    - captive, confined, imprisoned
Verb: jail  jeyl
  1. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    "The suspects were jailed without trial"
    - imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jug, gaol [Brit], put away, remand, prison [archaic]

See also: jailer, unfree

Type of: confine, detain

Encyclopedia: Jail

Jailed