rearrests 1 of 2

noun

plural of rearrest
as in arrests

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rearrest
as in locks (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rearrests
  1. arrests
  2. incarcerates
  3. incarcerations
  4. jails
  5. restraints
  6. imprisons
  7. imprisonments
  8. confines
Noun
  • Although several arrests were made, no one was charged and it was never recovered.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • The arrests mark the latest development in a series of court cases spanning multiple countries.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Definition of arrests
Verb
  • Today, Rikers incarcerates approximately sixty-seven hundred people—most of whom are in pretrial detention, others who are serving terms of less than a year—in facilities that are within New York City while also being out of sight and largely out of reach.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Definition of incarcerates
Noun
  • One 2025 study found that these waivers may be tied to fewer hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and incarcerations among adults with serious mental illness.
    — Helen Santoro, Denver Post, 29 June 2026
  • Despite their felony convictions and impending incarcerations, both former Met police career criminals continue to collect their monthly kisses in the mail — $8,850 a month for Cederquist and $6,020 for Butner.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
Definition of incarcerations
Verb
  • The facility is one of 11 Kentucky jails that contract with ICE to detain people.
    — Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
  • China, which jails human rights activists in Hong Kong, persecutes Uyghurs, has killed hundreds of thousands of Tibetans and has committed genocide against the Falun Gong, is on the UN Human Rights Council.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of jails
Noun
  • That leads to a long discussion of the use of restraints on the elderly.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • This new wave is fueled by the tens of billions of dollars in new funding the agency received from a Congress that has failed to impose any restraints on ICE.
    — Kica Matos, Time, 17 July 2026
Definition of restraints
Verb
  • County leaders vowed to legally oppose the facility, pointing to county zoning laws that do not allow for detention centers or any type of facility that holds or imprisons people on county land.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • But such judgments often come from a place of distance—from people who have never lived under a theocracy that imprisons, tortures, and kills with impunity.
    — Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of imprisons
Noun
  • More people know about arbitrary arrests and imprisonments.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 May 2026
  • Darling pointed to recent high profile imprisonments of Baha’i cousins Peyvand Naimi and Borna Naimi, who have undergone torture to force confessions and face possible death sentences.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
Definition of imprisonments
Verb
  • Places like Los Angeles and Oakland have high permit fees and strict zoning that often confines cans to industrial areas.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
  • In an industry that often confines its actors, especially women and especially Black women, Hall continues to carve a path defined by risk, depth and courage.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
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