1. confined or imprisoned in a dungeon
Usage: past tense of dungeon; archaic or literary

Examples

• The rebel leader was dungeoned in the castle’s lowest chamber.
• Many political prisoners were dungeoned during the tyrant’s reign.
• The knight found himself dungeoned after his failed escape attempt.
• She wrote about how dissidents were routinely dungeoned in medieval times.
• The captured spy was dungeoned until he agreed to cooperate.