REARRESTED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

rearrested

verb

past tense of rearrest

as in incarcerated

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In her experience, the criminal justice system doesn’t do nearly enough to rehabilitate the incarcerated and address the underlying issues, often based in trauma, that lead people to commit crimes.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
The campaign brings together Fox and Johnson’s boundary-pushing styles and supports Fox’s nonprofit Rosebuds Reading Collective for women who are incarcerated.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

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Davis anti-transgender activist and school board candidate Beth Bourne was briefly jailed on trespassing charges Tuesday after her arrest outside a Sonoma high school, the Sonoma newspaper reported.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Individuals can now be fined as much as $5 billion rupiah ($280,000) and jailed up to 15 years.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

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The Sentencing Project, an advocacy group that wants fewer people behind bars, reports that white women were imprisoned at a rate of 41 per 100,000 in 2023, while white men were imprisoned at 341 per 100,000, more than eight times as high.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
The pity of the judge who imprisoned them here was cold comfort for a group of people who had little reason to trust any legal authority.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

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The indictment also describes an American detained in January 2025 who was beaten repeatedly over two days, suffering permanent damage to one eye.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Belgal remains detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

— Nicole Alarcon, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of detained

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California crime The LAPD busted a secret network of brothels — but hasn’t arrested the owner.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Law enforcement officers arrested 51-year-old Yahya Mohamed Mosleh and his son, 18-year-old Islam Mohamed Mosleh, on charges connected to a narcotics investigation involving an Oxford tobacco shop, Puffs Vape, Tobacco and Beer Store.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of arrested

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Not one confined to a single house, summit, or handful of world leaders.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
The district judge confined Biddy and most of the Black children in the county jail, ostensibly for their own protection from their unscrupulous enslaver.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

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During her State of the Union address on 16th September, President von der Leyen committed to overhauling single market rules by the end of next year and advancing EU Inc to streamline cross-border expansion.

— Sophie Dembinski, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Los Angeles’ Department of Cultural Affairs general manager Daniel Tarica said $15 million from its existing budget has been committed to its core program.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of committed

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Durham was later apprehended and served time in prison for the crime, but not before selling the paintings to a notorious crime boss who was later found in possession of the art.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Two detainees held at Florida's Deportation Depot west of Jacksonville were released by mistake over the weekend and later apprehended and returned to the detention facility, officials have confirmed.

— CBS News, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

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