Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective placed in a prison; -- of people.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
jail .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being in captivity
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Examples
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Journalists remain jailed for covering Belarus protests - Boing Boing
Boing Boing 2009
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Billboard – Spanish Protest Against P2P Restrictions, May 26, 2007 p2pnet – InfoPSP admin jailed for something he didn ` t do, April 16, 2009
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Tibetan dissent of forced relocation was also captured in jailed Tibetan filmmaker, Dhondup Wangchen's movie, Leaving Fear Behind.
Heidiminx: PROPAGANDA: PR With an Oppressive Agenda Heidiminx 2010
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When Iranians are thrown in jailed and murdered, because of your actions what is America going to do?
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Both Milam and Carson remain jailed on $2 million bonds.
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The other four men, who face first-degree felony charges, remain jailed because they have not yet posted $100,000 bonds set for each charge by 51st District Judge Barbara Walther.
FLDS suspect released on bail; Sect working on bail for 4 others 2008
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Two weeks ago, another Reuters report indicated that “nearly 30 percent of the Guantanamo detainees have been cleared to leave the prison but remain jailed because the U.S. government has been unable to arrange for their return to their home countries,” according to the Pentagon.
Balkinization 2006
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Saddam Hussein, captured and jailed, is still the same raging tyrant †only now without a throne.
Think Progress » EMBARGOED TEXT: Bush’s Prime Time Speech on Iraq 2005
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I had neither; unless you call my jailed friends such help.
Highways in Hiding George Oliver Smith 1946
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InfoPSP admin jailed for something he didn’t do next »
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