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Recent Examples of rearrest
Noun
None of those rearrests were for crimes categorized as violent or dangerous, the report found. Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2025 The News also reported that the rearrest rate of probationers — a key agency indicator — has climbed during her tenure despite Holmes’ claims to the contrary. Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025 Before their release, many of the prisoners were threatened with rearrest or other forms of punishment. Lynzy Billing, The Dial, 6 May 2025 The new analysis provided enough information for authorities to present the case to the Douglas County attorney, leading to Husain’s rearrest. Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025 Rhodes and Amin say that Rhodes encouraged Amin to seek help at a recovery center, if not through rearrest. Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
Biddings said Harvey detectives were instructed May 22 by the state’s attorney’s office to rearrest Chapman on her June 4 court date to upgrade her charges to felony battery. Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025 In a release Monday, CAIR-Texas welcomed the decision to rearrest Wolf. Cindy Von Quednow, CNN, 2 July 2024 Those who don't leave could face rearrest under more serious charges. CBS News, 10 Apr. 2024 Those who don’t leave could face rearrest under more serious charges. Hannah Fingerhut, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024 In recent weeks – ahead of the anniversary of Amini’s death – authorities fired and arrested teachers, musicians and activists for supporting the protest movement; threatened to rearrest some 20,000 demonstrators out on furlough; and detained family members of protesters killed by security forces. Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023 Last week, Oregon Solicitor General Benjamin Gutman told the judge that the Marion County District Attorney’s Office didn’t plan to retry or reindict Gable within a 90-day deadline Acosta had set, but wanted to reserve the right to reinvestigate the case and rearrest or reindict him in the future. oregonlive, 8 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rearrest
Noun
  • McLaughlin further alleged that Trebach blocked agents of Customs and Border Protection from carrying out their duties, and that led to her arrest.
    Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The real-life Watkins spoke with the Minneapolis Tribune following Gein's arrest, saying the two dated for 20 years and that Gein had even proposed to her.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Over the years, Panahi has been twice jailed in Iran and forbidden to film.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
  • After further protests, in 1950, he was jailed again.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Legendary Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio (The Traitor, Kidnapped) directed and co-wrote the six-episode series, which tells the story of the downfall and imprisonment of popular TV host Enzo Tortora, an innocent man.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Zoë described her uncle as a deeply compassionate man who transformed his decades of imprisonment into a mission of service.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • He is incarcerated in the El Dorado Correctional Facility in El Dorado, Kansas, serving 10 consecutive life sentences.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
  • She was found guilty in 1987 of Kelly’s first-degree murder and received two life sentences, becoming the youngest female ever incarcerated in the state’s prisons.
    Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Outraged Korean officials opened an investigation into potential human rights abuses during the workers’ incarceration.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In real life, there's no evidence that the FBI visited Gein during his incarceration.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Then the nephew was detained in a traffic stop and deported.
    Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The Israeli Justice Ministry said 250 Palestinian prisoners and detainees held in Israeli prisons, as well as about 1,700 people detained in Gaza since the war began, are set to be released as part of the deal.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Governor Pritzker has called for investigations into federal enforcement practices, including reports of excessive force and mistaken detentions of American citizens.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Clay County prosecutors presented more than 30 witnesses, which included investigators, Vasquez’s family and friends, and Rocha’s detention officers.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Many activists and journalists were imprisoned, press freedoms curtailed, organizations disbanded, and the Umbrella Movement was thoroughly crushed.
    Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
  • If found guility of a level 5 felony, Sanchez could be imprisoned anywhere from 1-6 years at an Indiana penitentiary and be fined up to $10,000, according to the Indiana Code.
    IndyStar, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Rearrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rearrest. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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