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arrested

ADJECTIVE
taken into custody
Synonyms


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Davis, wearing a navy suit and blue tie, sat with his defence team as they questioned why no one had been arrested for nearly three decades and asked why "no one corroborates any of this".

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Mangione fled, and was later arrested in a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa. after a dayslong manhunt.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

One of the teens arrested was just 14.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Police have arrested a man and woman on suspicion of arson in connection with the Stoke-on-Trent fire.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

So what protected Marina from being arrested during the Great Terror, if hard work, success, and national glory weren’t enough to keep you from suspicion?

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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