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arrested

ADJECTIVE
taken into custody
Synonyms


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The prosecutor said both the defendants were arrested on the A555 Manchester Airport link road.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Over the next year and a half, she would be arrested nearly a dozen times.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The suspect was arrested on May 19, and L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

After they were arrested, the differences between Bullins and Pitchford proved key in the way the cases played out.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

In 1937, when Lilya was sixteen, her father, Vladimir Litvyak, was arrested, for crimes he’d supposedly committed against the Communist Party.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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