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
Verb
  • His attorney requested that he be incarcerated at FPC Yankton, a minimum-security federal prison camp in South Dakota.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
  • One person was allegedly able to gamble $2,400 while incarcerated under Troutman’s watch.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of incarcerated
Verb
  • Another suspect in the 2023 attacks, Italian anti-fascist activist Ilaria Salis, was jailed in Hungary for over a year following the assaults, resulting in a diplomatic dispute between Rome and Budapest over her treatment in detention.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Both were jailed on misdemeanor battery charges and have since been released.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of jailed
Verb
  • Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was imprisoned in Russia in March 2023 on espionage charges, was released in August 2024 as part of a prisoner swap with the United States.
    — Scott Nover, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s main political rival, has been imprisoned since March of last year and is on trial on corruption charges.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of imprisoned
Verb
  • The alleged attacker was detained and interrogated by Saudi authorities.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • British police provided no further details on the latest suspect beyond identifying him as a 27-year-old man who was detained in London.
    — Greg Miller, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of detained
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  • British police arrested five men on Sunday near RAF Fairford in the west of England on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offenses.
    — Mike Sheen, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
  • In September 1644, Suffolk housewife Thomasine Stott was arrested for refusing to go to her state church.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of arrested
Verb
  • That lesson will not stay confined to tolling ships or claiming seabeds.
    — Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The agreement’s political framework has been overtaken by events, and Ethiopia’s conflicts are no longer confined to the relationship between Addis Ababa and Mekelle.
    — Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of confined
Verb
  • Last month, a court in The Hague, Netherlands, found former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army commanders guilty of war crimes committed during the 1998-99 war for independence from Serbia.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Pike committed the murder over an intense romantic jealousy of Slemmer, who allegedly attempted to steal her boyfriend’s attention.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of committed
Verb
  • The video includes the search of Mangione's bag when he was apprehended at an Altoona McDonald's, the retrieval of the murder weapon and Mangione's transport in a squad car.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • After being apprehended in Syria, she was transferred to FBI custody in January 2022.
    — Sara Harmouch, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of apprehended
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“Rearrested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rearrested. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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