Behind-bars synonyms

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confined
Not free to move
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imprisoned
Simple past tense and past participle of imprison
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in-jail
In a jail, as a prisoner.
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incarcerated
Simple past tense and past participle of incarcerate
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in-prison
Imprisoned, in a prison as a convict
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jailed
Simple past tense and past participle of jail
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serving-time
Present participle of serve time.
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under-lock-and-key
(US, UK, idiomatic) imprisoned with little or no chance of escape; locked up.
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Find another word for behind-bars. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for behind-bars, like: confined, imprisoned, in-jail, incarcerated, in-prison, jailed, serving-time and under-lock-and-key.
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Behind-bars Sentence Examples

  • Richie faces up to a year behind bars since she was previously convicted on another DUI charge.

  • If his probation is revoked, as prosecutors are urging the judge to do, he could face an additional six months behind bars.

  • Besides, if he was imprisoned for a crime like these murders, he'd still be rotting behind bars.

  • It was a shock for David Dean to see Fred O'Connor sitting on a wooden stool behind bars at the Ouray County jail.

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