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arrested

ADJECTIVE
taken into custody
Synonyms


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BBC Wales and others had secured confirmation that Thomas had been arrested and so the party needed to act.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

The group’s alleged leader, Constantin Ion, aka Piranha, was charged but not arrested.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

Bechi had been teaching at the school for at least a decade when he was arrested in 2022 despite public opposition.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

Last year, a Romanian national was arrested when he tried to re-enter the U.S. in a Mexican ambulance pretending to be an injured American, court records show.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

He’d been arrested earlier that year while in charge of another air force regiment, for endangering the life of a top government official by failing to fly with him through a dust storm.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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