under arrest
Example Sentences
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Two who are accused of being the primary aggressors are under arrest.
From Los Angeles Times
Garduno, an ally of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is not under arrest, but must report to authorities every two weeks.
From Reuters
Prosecutor Vegard Gjertsen requested a jail sentence of 18 days, including the five days he had already spent under arrest, for the violence against police, and a suspended sentence for the offences he admitted to.
From BBC
His nadir came in 1970, when he awoke in a Melbourne gutter to find himself under arrest.
From New York Times
So Mr. Brown, who is now 30, confessed, describing his role in the 2016 shooting deaths of two men in the Toronto area — and soon found himself under arrest.
From New York Times
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