The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word INTERNED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result INTERNED
- One study about keeping bird in cage?
- Bury man briefly deprived of freedom
- Bury guy worked as trainee
- Bury study written up in confinement
- Prior to the start of denials, the Web detailed what Lewinsky did in the White House
- Shut up trainee journalist
- Put down below, Edmund is deprived of freedom
- American house officer associated with journalist is detained
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What does INTERNED mean?
INTERNED verb- To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
- To internalize.
- To work as an intern. Usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, for the purpose of furthering a program of education.