under arrest

In police custody, as in They put him under arrest and charged him with stealing a car. [Late 1300s]

Words Nearby under arrest

When Jackson told him to be quiet, he refused, and Jackson put him under arrest.
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Not long afterward, 43-year-old Vann found himself under arrest.
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Randolph received a radio message confirming that Nolen was wanted and she moved to place him under arrest.
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Mohamed Badie, the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, was under arrest.
Enter the ‘Iron Man’: Muslim Brotherhood Appoints New Leader but Remains in Disarray | Mike Giglio, Maged Atef | August 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
It was clear to those under arrest that they were expecting a lot more prisoners to come.
Egypt’s Government Thugs Beat Me Up at the Rabaa Sit-In | Mike Giglio | August 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

Both Lawrence and Dan bitterly felt the disgrace of reporting back to Lexington under arrest.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. Dunn
Some of them came to his assistance, conveyed him off in a carriage, and desired the General to consider himself under arrest.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. Harper
They already knew in Paris that he was under arrest, but at his home they were, happily, still in ignorance.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le Queux
As I have explained, it is for that reason we do not allow a prisoner's wife to know that he is under arrest.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le Queux
He was under arrest as one who had placed forged English banknotes in circulation in France!
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le Queux

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