sent up

sent up
adj
American
imprisoned. The American version of sent down. Sent up has been in use since the late 19th century; it may be derived from the archaic slang sense of 'upriver' as imprisoned. In Britain, to be 'sent up' is to be imitated in a parodic manner.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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