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arrested

ADJECTIVE
taken into custody
Synonyms


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“People who have been systematically impacted, been arrested and are trying to leave all of those problems behind, this can have a chilling effect on them becoming intervention workers,” Garcia-Leys said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Mathewson was arrested and charged a short time later.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Dutch news agency ANP reported that police arrested between 150 and 200 protesters.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Alfozan was an employee on OpenAI’s product team from July 2025 until he was fired and arrested in October.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Suspected of disloyalty to the Union, federal forces arrested and jailed him for months at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson


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