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arrested

ADJECTIVE
taken into custody
Synonyms


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When it did, in May 2025, a CPS team had to scramble to make an emergency charging decision overnight, because BTP had again arrested Levy and wanted him in court the next day.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Arendt began gathering evidence of Nazi antisemitism and was arrested in the summer of that year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Ten people were arrested, some media reported, but the toll was not initially confirmed by authorities.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

In July, ICE reported it had arrested 51,000 people, the largest number in the Department of Homeland Security’s history, according to ABC News.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

She was the one who’d been arrested and nearly shot just because she’d got stuck on the German side of the front lines.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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