arrest
verb (used with object)
to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody.
arrested
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past participleof arrest.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof arrest.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
arrestverb (used with object)to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody.
Example Sentences
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A struggle ensues and the man is pulled down, with his trousers appearing to fall down, before he is arrested by officers in the garden of the property.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The defendant was arrested at the hospital and provided a pre-prepared statement accepting that he let himself into the house but denying the offences insisting everything was consensual.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Earlier, the interior ministry said security agencies had arrested several suspects accused of plotting to interfere with the electoral system.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
After a frantic dayslong manhunt, he was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Penn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Old Mary Itallie, he said, had been arrested one day walking down a city street.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
