under arrest

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under arrest

  1. Arrested by the police.
    be under arrest
    place under arrest
    put someone under arrest
    • 1934 August, Edward Elmer Smith, “Skylark of Valeron”, in Astounding Stories, volume 13, number 6:
      ‘Observation Officer of the Z12Q, attention!’ snapped from the tight-beam headquarters communicator. ‘Cut off those spy rays and report yourself under arrest for treason!’
    • 1998, Laurence O'Toole, Pornocopia: porn, sex, technology and desire:
      Three men got out and surrounded Mr Chard. They were police officers, and he was under arrest, charged with taking indecent pictures of his children under the Protection of Children Act 1978 (POCA).
    • 2007 October 20, Seth Mydans, “Thai Police Arrest Pedophile Suspect”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 9 November 2020:
      On Friday, the Thai police said he was under arrest and charged as a pedophile after computer experts had unswirled the digitally altered face in a virtuoso act of electronic decoding.

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