rearrested

verb

past tense of rearrest
as in incarcerated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rearrested
  1. incarcerated
  2. jailed
  3. imprisoned
  4. detained
  5. arrested
  6. confined
  7. committed
  8. apprehended
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  • The new restriction builds on an earlier Missouri law enacted in 2023 that prohibited the Department of Corrections from providing gender-transition surgeries to incarcerated people.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • A lot of people that came here that were committing crimes have either been incarcerated or deported.
    — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of incarcerated
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  • In connection with both sweeps, she was arrested and briefly jailed for storing personal property in public.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
  • This often means that those who are not persuaded by its teachings can be fined, jailed, even killed.
    — Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of jailed
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  • Rebin Rahmani, a Kurdish activist once imprisoned in Iran and now living in Paris, said the theocracy under Khamenei lacked any answer to multiplying political and economic problems — except further repression.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • Jackson said that made his relationship to his country more complicated, especially after he was convicted on drug and weapons charges as a 21-year-old and imprisoned for over a year.
    — Susan Bence, NPR, 4 July 2026
Definition of imprisoned
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  • But the next morning, Wilber, 18, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a routine check-in as part of his family’s ongoing asylum application.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Three other men in the van, including Salgado Araujo’s brother, were detained, according to his family.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Definition of detained
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  • There was briefly some concern earlier this year that Chestnut wouldn’t be able to participate in the 2026 competition after he was arrested for allegedly slapping a man in an Indiana bar.
    — Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • Authorities have arrested more than a half dozen people related in relation to Reflecting Pool damage, including former Olympian David Hearn, who was indicted last week on a felony of property destruction.
    — Steve Peoples, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Definition of arrested
Verb
  • The financial-support trend isn’t confined to the youngest adults.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 9 July 2026
  • As satellite arrays became larger and more efficient, and electronics more sophisticated, orbital nuclear power systems were largely confined to exploration missions to the outer Solar System by the 1990s.
    — David Szondy July 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
Definition of confined
Verb
  • Many of those convicted committed only minor offenses, such as traffic violations, according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
    — Mathew Miranda July 9, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • The Fever committed 17 turnovers, which the Sparks (9-11) converted into 22 points, and All-Star Caitlin Clark scored her second-fewest points this season with just nine in limited minutes while returning from injury.
    — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of committed
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  • Police said at a Friday evening news conference that a 26-year-old was apprehended in Newton Abbot, Devon.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2026
  • The rodent may be apprehended, but its exploits will live on infamy.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 July 2026
Definition of apprehended
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“Rearrested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rearrested. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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