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imprisoned

adjective as in arrested

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Current laws mean that repeat benefit cheats can already be imprisoned in the most serious cases.

From BBC

Two Americans held by the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have been exchanged for an Afghan imprisoned in the US on drug trafficking and terrorism charges.

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Attorneys for some of the imprisoned defendants said before the inauguration that they were watching Trump’s actions closely and would be poised to respond with legal motions seeking their clients’ immediate release.

They fear being sent back and imprisoned in China – and they also fear that it would mean more severe punishment for their families, he explains.

From BBC

He was stripped of his pilot’s license, arrested, imprisoned, vilified in the press and — along with the ship’s captain and the naval officer who oversaw the harbor — charged with manslaughter.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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