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arrested

ADJECTIVE
taken into custody
Synonyms


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Two of the men arrested are in police custody.

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

Taele was arrested Sunday during his second visit to the golf course.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 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

The German young man arrested early in the investigation—the Louvre visitor who’d been a little too interested in the Mona Lisa—was a classic Secret Admirer type.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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