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under arrest
Idioms and Phrases
In police custody, as in They put him under arrest and charged him with stealing a car . [Late 1300s]Example Sentences
Under French law, people can be placed under arrest for questioning for a set number of hours until police decide whether they may have been involved in a crime.
In France, people can be placed under arrest for questioning while police investigate whether they may have been involved in a crime.
On one wall there's a large photograph from the 1930s of three gay men under arrest.
Victoria Goodwin, wife of ‘Ghost Adventures’ star Aaron Goodwin, is under arrest in Nevada on suspicion of plotting to kill her husband.
Moments later he was in handcuffs and under arrest.
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