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arrested

ADJECTIVE
taken into custody
Synonyms


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Police said the group were arrested at South Africa's biggest airport, OR Tambo, and a hotel in Bruma, east of Johannesburg by a multidisciplinary team that involved Interpol.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Gloucestershire Police also said that a woman who had previously been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender had been released on police bail.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

“There’s a personal incentive in intervention work to make amends for bad things you’ve done, give back, but there’s also the desire to not ever get arrested or go to jail or prison again.”

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

I’m so relieved to see him not arrested that I smile.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron


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