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arrested

ADJECTIVE
taken into custody
Synonyms


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

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Wright and Schwalbe were both arrested the same day.

From BBC Aug. 6, 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

She’d thought that keeping secrets would just feel like obeying her father—protecting him, maybe, because what if the police arrested fathers who told their daughters to act like robots pretending to be kids?

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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