arrest
verb (used with object)
to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody.
had arrested
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past perfectof arrest.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department over the weekend announced investigators had arrested four people on suspicion of arson and conspiracy in connection with the Aug. 24 blaze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Israeli police said Monday they had arrested 10 people in the occupied West Bank after settler attacks on an American photographer and a French mayor that drew international condemnation but mixed messages from the government.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
He said officers had arrested three men, following reports of "intimidating and obstructive conduct" during canvassing in recent weekends, and "conflict between those canvassing and protesters".
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The jury acquitted Hanway, forcing the government to dismiss charges against the others it had arrested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
When he came back up, he told me soldiers had arrested Ade Coker as he drove out of the editorial offices of the Standard.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
