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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Police said they arrested three suspects but the election commission called it an isolated local case.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
In recent months, the Russian authorities searched the home of Sokolov and earlier this year arrested one of its journalists, Oleg Roldugin.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Four men were arrested at a bus station in a nearby village, and the fifth was caught while he was travelling in a tuk-tuk.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
“No one was arrested, trespassed, or forced to leave the park.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Within minutes, they arrived and arrested Hans and Sophie Scholl.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
