rearrested

Definition of rearrestednext
past tense of rearrest

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rearrested
Verb
  • Investigators said Edwin Wylie-Biggs, 44, who was already incarcerated at the jail, coordinated with people outside the facility to arrange the delivery of narcotics.
    Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Meyer suggested that people facing decades in prison may be motivated to change for the better while incarcerated in order to earn a sentence reduction, and said the state could see longer-term savings in prison costs.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Other travelers have been burned, gored or even jailed after breaking park safety rules.
    Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Valizadeh is among at least 15 reporters currently jailed in Iran, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
    Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Tommy Thompson, a research scientist who was imprisoned for a decade after refusing to disclose where an 1800s shipwreck's gold coins were being stored, was released, according to federal Bureau of Prisons records.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2026
  • At 15, a Czech citizen and Jewish, he was imprisoned by the Nazis and survived a death camp march from Auschwitz.
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Imamoglu was detained days before he was set to formally announce his presidential candidacy.
    Beril Akman, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The fear intensified last week after a Bay Area family said a 6-year-old deaf child who attended a Fremont school was detained by immigration authorities and deported along with his mother and younger brother during what was supposed to be a routine check-in visit at an ICE office in San Francisco.
    Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Between February 27 and March 2, the investigators found and arrested four suspects.
    Christa Swanson, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Three people were arrested, and an investigation is underway, Tisch said.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The condition isn't fully understood, as causes can range from mild to moderate head trauma, to pre-existing inner ear diseases, and treatment is confined largely to a physical therapy exercise called the Epley maneuver.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
  • In addition to regular forces, thousands of temporary police officers have been deployed, and army troops — generally confined to barracks — are patrolling streets and guarding polling stations.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • There’s a lower level of proof for a preliminary hearing — not the same burden of proof that’s needed during a trial, which requires that the jury believe the defendant committed the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.
    Alex Brizee March 3, Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The lawsuit further alleges detectives withheld hundreds of pages of investigative reports, witness statements and materials from a parallel investigation into Dvorsky’s death that could have allowed Puckett’s attorneys to argue someone else committed the crime.
    Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The mass arrests have swelled detention centers and set ICE off on a national chase for space to warehouse those who have been apprehended.
    Morgan Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The mass arrests have swelled detention centers, and set ICE off on a national chase for space to warehouse those who have been apprehended.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Rearrested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rearrested. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.

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