rearrested

Definition of rearrestednext
past tense of rearrest
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Verb
  • The girl reported the assaults to her elementary school teacher while Dixon was incarcerated on unrelated charges, according to court records.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • She has been incarcerated ever since.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • Benson may not remain jailed for long.
    Brian Maass, CBS News, 9 May 2026
  • As dissidents are detained, journalists jailed, and freedom of expression extinguished, lawyers are often the last line of defense.
    Irwin Cotler, Time, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • In López’s city of Tocoa, environmental defenders fighting the mining project have been getting picked off for years and eight activists were imprisoned for more than two years in what lawyers said was retaliation for their work.
    Marlon González, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Witnesses also described how Venezuelan courts became powerless once intelligence officials decided detainees would remain imprisoned.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Following the attack, Pasqual allegedly fled California, and was detained at the United States/Mexico border in Sierra Blanca, Texas, according to PEOPLE.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
  • He was detained on an outstanding warrant in relation to the fire.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • No remains were uncovered, but a month later, both Flores men were arrested and charged in connection with Smart’s murder.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
  • In 2024 a total of 219 unhoused people were arrested on this charge.
    Michael Perkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • Being confined to a wooden chair, wearing that impressive multilayered costume, in the intense heat of Gran Canaria.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
  • For many years, the worst problems were largely confined to very low-income families, roughly 50% of whom pay more than half of their incomes in rent, leaving little for food and other necessities.
    Michael Schill, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • They were finally declared innocent by a judge in February after investigators determined the crime was committed by a suspect who died in 1999.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • The 6-foot-2, 205-pound King also excels at holding runners on base and has not committed an error in 13 appearances.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • In its ruling, the court found that, pursuant to federal immigration law, only recent immigrants apprehended at the border or a point of entry — such as an airport — can be categorically denied bond.
    Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 9 May 2026
  • He was apprehended trying to cross into Mexico by way of Sierra Blanca in Texas.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
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“Rearrested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rearrested. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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