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arrested

ADJECTIVE
taken into custody
Synonyms


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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department over the weekend announced investigators had arrested four people on suspicion of arson and conspiracy in connection with the Aug. 24 blaze.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Sheen has been arrested more than 60 times throughout his life for protesting various causes, and was a friend of the labor leader Dolores Huerta, whose image sits on a table in his dining room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

All five of his alleged attackers were arrested over the weekend, a move welcomed by Marx's wife and family.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

A former federal prosecutor, Faruqui said the Justice Department typically uses complaints only in exigent circumstances, such as when someone is arrested off the street or poses a flight risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Suspected of disloyalty to the Union, federal forces arrested and jailed him for months at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson


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