COLLARED Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

collared

verb

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past tense of collar

as in arrested

to take or keep under one's control by authority of law the juvenile delinquent was collared for robbing houses

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as in grabbed

to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly she collared the boy before he could get into the cookie jar

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Recent Examples of collared Dixon said some have been eaten by snakes within two weeks of being collared, but most go on about their business for several months. —

Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026 Mafi is the third Angeleno from the city’s vast Iranian diaspora to be collared by federal authorities in three weeks. —

Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026 The top plate also includes a configurable Fn (Function) key and a shutter release button that's collared by the on/off toggle. —

Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026 The 3-year-old female gray wolf when it was collared in 2025. —

Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026 Five wolves were successfully collared, bringing the total wearing them to 13. —

Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026 State wildlife officials try to keep at least two members of each wolf pack collared as part of Colorado’s wolf reintroduction plan, according to the release. —

Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2026 Murph the Surf and two of his boys were collared two days later, professing that the goods were gone. —

Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026 The polo collared sweater dress offers a preppy spin on a classic style. —

Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025

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In a letter to senators earlier this year, then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that between January and November of last year, 261 DACA recipients were arrested and 86 were removed from the country.

— Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
Three people were arrested after shots were fired at officers attempting to pull a vehicle over in the Brighton Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.

— Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026