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arrested

ADJECTIVE
taken into custody
Synonyms


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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

When Ott was arrested in 2024, Austria's then Chancellor, Karl Nehammer, described the case as "a threat to democracy and our country's national security".

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The pair fled on foot, police said, and were apprehended by officers, while Rodriguez-Pulido was arrested nearby while driving a suspected getaway vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

I glanced around my room nervously, although if this room was monitored, the security officers would have arrested me the minute I opened that stupid life-ruining Cocoon last night.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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