under arrest

Meaning

under arrest

Arrested by the police.

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I thought: should I be worried? I was under arrest. In a town where I'd never been before. Apparently for murder. But I knew two things. First, they couldn't prove something had happened if it hadn't happened. And second, I hadn't killed anybody. Not in their town, and not for a long time, anyway. Lee Child

All people look better under arrest. John Waters

You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest. Carrie P. Meek

I can't be under arrest now... I don't have time. Jim Butcher

I'm placing you under arrest for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don't know, possibly littering. Derek Landy

You're under arrest for multiple counts of murder. You have the right to not much at all, really. Do you have anything to say in your defense? Derek Landy

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