Behind bars and Held

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Held and behind bars are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Held" instead an adjective phrase "Behind bars".

Held adjective - Occupied or in the control of; often used in combination.

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Behind bars and held are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Behind bars" instead an adjective "Held".

Canard's new state-of-the-art super-prison, then releases every criminal held inside it so that they can all go after the very duck who put them behind bars.

Source: Comicbook / Darkwing Duck
Girls Behind Bars: Technically it's a reformatory, not a prison, but the girls are being held prisoner.

Source: Film / Diary of a Lost Girl
Last episode, the bad guy has been revealed as such, captured and held behind bars... the end?

Source: Karma Houdini / Live-Action TV

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