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arrested

ADJECTIVE
taken into custody
Synonyms


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Portugal's National Republican Guard said its officers arrested a 41-year-old woman and man aged 55.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

The first of hundreds of Gaza flotilla activists began arriving at Istanbul airport Thursday after being arrested then deported from Israel, an AFP correspondent said.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

He has denied wrongdoing and hasn’t been arrested or charged.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

His request came just days after Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office relating to the alleged sharing of confidential material with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Sophie’s father, Robert Scholl, was arrested after an employee overheard him call Hitler “a great scourge of God.”

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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