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arrested

ADJECTIVE
taken into custody
Synonyms


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A third man was arrested and issued with a recorded police warning.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

“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

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

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

The Soviet Red Army arrested him in 1945, and Puyi spent the next 14 years of his life in prison, first in the Soviet Union and then in the newly founded People’s Republic of China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

“We could have gotten arrested and dragged back to Kiev,” Ivan added.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack


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