What is another word for arrested?
947 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɐɹˈɛstɪd], [ ɐɹˈɛstɪd], [ ɐ_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_t_ɪ_d]
Arrested is a commonly used word in law enforcement and criminal prosecution. However, there are a number of synonyms that can also be used in different contexts. Some of these include apprehended, detained, captured, incarcerated, imprisoned, and seized. Apprehended typically refers to the act of arresting or taking into custody a suspect or fugitive. Detained is a more general term that can refer to being held in custody for any reason. Captured, seized, incarcerated, and imprisoned all refer to being placed in a secure facility or detention center after being arrested or taken into custody. Using different synonyms for arrested can add variety and interest to your writing.
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Similar words for arrested:
- captured (adjective)
- taken (adjective)
- backward (adjective)
- caught (adjective)
- intermittent (adjective)
- on-again, off-again (adjective)
- simple-minded (adjective)
- taken into custody (adjective)
- unprogressive (adjective)
- captured (verb)
Synonyms for Arrested:
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adj.
• captured • taken • backward- feeble minded ,
- more behind ,
- more checked ,
- more subnormal ,
- most behind ,
- most checked ,
- most subnormal ,
- sub normal ,
- sub-normal ,
- un developed ,
- un-developed ,
- under developed ,
- under privileged ,
- under-developed ,
- under-privileged .
- by bits pieces ,
- dis continuing ,
- dis continuous ,
- dis-continuing ,
- dis-continuous ,
- epochal ,
- here there ,
- in frequent ,
- in-frequent ,
- more discontinuing ,
- more epochal ,
- more iterant ,
- more periodical ,
- more punctuated ,
- more recurring ,
- more seasonal ,
- more shifting ,
- more stop and go ,
- more stop-and-go ,
- most discontinuing ,
- most epochal ,
- most iterant ,
- most periodical ,
- most punctuated ,
- most recurring ,
- most seasonal ,
- most shifting ,
- most stop and go ,
- most stop-and-go ,
- on off ,
- re current ,
- re curring ,
- re-current ,
- re-curring ,
- shifting ,
- stop and go .
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v.
• captured Other synonyms:
- backward .
Other relevant words:
- abruptly ,
- absent ,
- absorbed ,
- absurd ,
- accomplished ,
- adenoidal ,
- affected ,
- all over ,
- alligatored ,
- amused ,
- annoyed ,
- appreciated ,
- apprehend ,
- apprehension ,
- approximate ,
- approximative ,
- aquiline ,
- around the bend ,
- aroused ,
- arse ,
- artless ,
- ass ,
- astonied ,
- astonished ,
- astounded ,
- at a loss ,
- at sea ,
- awful ,
- babble ,
- babe ,
- baby ,
- back up ,
- backbone ,
- backrest ,
- backside ,
- backwards ,
- bad ,
- bad-mannered ,
- baffled ,
- balmy ,
- bare ,
- barmy ,
- bats ,
- batty ,
- befuddled ,
- belatedly ,
- bemused ,
- besotted ,
- bet on ,
- binding ,
- blame ,
- blamed ,
- blessed ,
- blind drunk ,
- blotto ,
- blunt ,
- boisterous ,
- bonkers ,
- book binding ,
- booked ,
- boring ,
- bottom ,
- bounderish ,
- brainsick ,
- break ,
- break up ,
- broken in ,
- brusk ,
- brusque ,
- buggy ,
- bum ,
- bumpy ,
- buns ,
- burbly ,
- busted ,
- busy ,
- butt ,
- buttocks ,
- cadaverous ,
- can ,
- captivated ,
- catch ,
- changeling ,
- chapped ,
- character ,
- check ,
- childlike ,
- cockeyed ,
- collar ,
- common ,
- complete ,
- component ,
- component part ,
- compulsive ,
- concluded ,
- confounded ,
- confused ,
- constituent ,
- contain ,
- contribution ,
- cop ,
- corporate ,
- cover ,
- crackers ,
- cretin ,
- crocked ,
- crude oil ,
- crushed ,
- curt ,
- curtly ,
- daft ,
- damn ,
- damned ,
- darned ,
- dazed ,
- dead ,
- deadening ,
- decelerate ,
- deep ,
- defer ,
- delighted ,
- delinquent ,
- demented ,
- dense ,
- depart ,
- dependant ,
- dependent ,
- derisory ,
- derriere ,
- deuced ,
- developing ,
- developmentally challenged ,
- dewy-eyed ,
- dictated ,
- diffident ,
- dim ,
- dim-witted ,
- dire ,
- direful ,
- disordered ,
- disturbed ,
- disunite ,
- diverted ,
- divide ,
- division ,
- dormant ,
- dorsum ,
- dotty ,
- dread ,
- dreadful ,
- driven ,
- drug-addicted ,
- drunk ,
- dull ,
- dumb ,
- dumbstricken ,
- dumbstruck ,
- dumfounded ,
- duty-bound ,
- earthy ,
- easy ,
- ecstatic ,
- effusive ,
- elementary ,
- emaciated ,
- embryonal ,
- embryotic ,
- endorse ,
- engrossed ,
- enraptured ,
- ensorcelled ,
- enwrapped ,
- epoch-making ,
- fanny ,
- faulty ,
- fearful ,
- fearsome ,
- feebleminded ,
- fey ,
- fierce ,
- fitful ,
- flabbergasted ,
- fledgling ,
- flunk ,
- fond ,
- forced ,
- forgetful ,
- former ,
- fossil oil ,
- frightening ,
- frozen ,
- fruity ,
- fuddled ,
- full-length ,
- function ,
- fundament ,
- fundamental ,
- fusty ,
- gaga ,
- gage ,
- game ,
- gauche ,
- gaunt ,
- get ,
- goddam ,
- goddamn ,
- goddamned ,
- gone ,
- graceless ,
- grating ,
- gravelly ,
- green ,
- gross ,
- gushing ,
- haggard ,
- half-wit ,
- halt ,
- hard up ,
- harsh ,
- haywire ,
- hidden ,
- highly-developed ,
- hind ,
- hind end ,
- hinder ,
- hindquarters ,
- hitch ,
- ho-hum ,
- hold ,
- hold back ,
- hold over ,
- hooklike ,
- horny ,
- horrendous ,
- horrific ,
- humbled ,
- humiliated ,
- hypnotised ,
- idiot ,
- ill-bred ,
- ill-mannered ,
- ill-timed ,
- impecunious ,
- impoverished ,
- in agreement ,
- in condition ,
- in part ,
- in straitened circumstances ,
- in use ,
- incorporate ,
- indorse ,
- inebriated ,
- infantile ,
- inferior ,
- infernal ,
- insufficient ,
- insured person ,
- integrated ,
- intent ,
- intermeshed ,
- interpreted ,
- jam-packed ,
- jejune ,
- jolting ,
- jolty ,
- jumpy ,
- keister ,
- kept up ,
- knock back ,
- kookie ,
- kooky ,
- lallation ,
- lately ,
- later ,
- latterly ,
- laughable ,
- learned ,
- light ,
- little ,
- loaded ,
- loco ,
- looney ,
- loony ,
- loopy ,
- lost ,
- low ,
- lowbred ,
- lowbrow ,
- lowbrowed ,
- ludicrous ,
- mad ,
- mazed ,
- mere ,
- merged ,
- meshed ,
- mesmerised ,
- metagrabolised ,
- metagrabolized ,
- metagrobolised ,
- metagrobolized ,
- miffed ,
- mixed-up ,
- moderate ,
- moron ,
- motionless ,
- moved ,
- myopic ,
- nab ,
- nail ,
- nasal ,
- nates ,
- natural ,
- nettled ,
- nonoperational ,
- nonplused ,
- nonprogressive ,
- nonsensical ,
- nutcase ,
- nuts ,
- nutty ,
- observed ,
- obtuse ,
- of late ,
- off-and-on ,
- office ,
- oil ,
- out of sight ,
- over ,
- overtone ,
- packed ,
- pantie ,
- panty ,
- partial derivative ,
- partial tone ,
- partially ,
- parting ,
- partly ,
- passive ,
- peeved ,
- penniless ,
- penurious ,
- percentage ,
- persona ,
- petroleum ,
- pick up ,
- pie-eyed ,
- piece ,
- pinch ,
- pissed ,
- pissed off ,
- pixilated ,
- plastered ,
- plugged ,
- plump for ,
- plunk for ,
- poor ,
- portion ,
- posterior ,
- postpone ,
- prat ,
- premature ,
- prematurely ,
- preposterous ,
- previous ,
- primitive ,
- prisoner ,
- pronounced ,
- prorogue ,
- pugnacious ,
- punt ,
- put back ,
- put off ,
- put over ,
- quiet ,
- rachis ,
- randy ,
- rapturous ,
- rasping ,
- raspy ,
- raw ,
- realised ,
- realized ,
- rear ,
- rear end ,
- rearward ,
- rearwards ,
- recent ,
- recently ,
- region ,
- remit ,
- repressed ,
- retained ,
- retard ,
- reticent ,
- rhapsodic ,
- ridiculous ,
- rigid ,
- riled ,
- ripped ,
- rock oil ,
- rocky ,
- roiled ,
- role ,
- rough in ,
- rough out ,
- rough-cut ,
- rough-hew ,
- roughened ,
- roughly ,
- round the bend ,
- round-eyed ,
- rugged ,
- rump ,
- ruttish ,
- scratchy ,
- scrawny ,
- screwball ,
- scrubby ,
- seasonal worker ,
- seat ,
- second ,
- section ,
- separate ,
- set ,
- set forth ,
- set off ,
- set out ,
- set-aside ,
- share ,
- shelve ,
- shift ,
- shifty ,
- short-change ,
- short-circuit ,
- shortly ,
- shortsighted ,
- shortstop ,
- sick ,
- simpleton ,
- skeletal ,
- skimp ,
- skimpy ,
- slack ,
- slacken ,
- slopped ,
- sloshed ,
- slow down ,
- slow up ,
- slowly ,
- sluggish ,
- soaked ,
- softheaded ,
- soused ,
- sozzled ,
- spare ,
- spell-bound ,
- spinal column ,
- spine ,
- split ,
- split up ,
- squiffy ,
- stake ,
- standpat ,
- stark ,
- start ,
- start out ,
- stated ,
- static ,
- stay ,
- steamed ,
- steamy ,
- step-in ,
- stern ,
- stiff ,
- still ,
- stint ,
- stirred ,
- stop ,
- stoppage ,
- stopped up ,
- stopped-up ,
- strained ,
- strung-out ,
- stung ,
- stunned ,
- stupid ,
- substandard ,
- suckled ,
- suddenly ,
- support ,
- table ,
- tail ,
- tail end ,
- take off ,
- taking into custody ,
- tardily ,
- tedious ,
- tenanted ,
- terrible ,
- theatrical role ,
- thunderstruck ,
- tight ,
- timid ,
- tiresome ,
- tooshie ,
- transfixed ,
- turn back ,
- tush ,
- unawares ,
- unbalanced ,
- uncivil ,
- uncomplete ,
- uncompleted ,
- uncomplicated ,
- uncouth ,
- underbred ,
- underdone ,
- underlying ,
- unelaborated ,
- unemotional ,
- unequal ,
- unexploited ,
- unfirm ,
- unfledged ,
- unforesightful ,
- unhinged ,
- unified ,
- unkept ,
- unmannered ,
- unmannerly ,
- unmown ,
- unproblematic ,
- unretentive ,
- unripe ,
- unripened ,
- unseasonable ,
- unsmooth ,
- unsubdivided ,
- unsure ,
- untrimmed ,
- upset ,
- vertebral column ,
- vestigial ,
- voice ,
- vulgar ,
- wacky ,
- wasted ,
- weakness ,
- wearisome ,
- weirdo ,
- well-kept ,
- wet ,
- whacky ,
- wide-eyed ,
- wild ,
- wiped out ,
- wrapped ,
- wrong ,
- yokelish ,
- young .
- ACED ,
- Accommodated ,
- Adjudged ,
- Aimed ,
- Assayed ,
- Boomed ,
- Bridled ,
- Carried ,
- Caused ,
- Commenced ,
- Compassed ,
- Comprised ,
- Concurred ,
- Coped ,
- Corresponded ,
- Deemed ,
- Defended ,
- Defied ,
- Detained ,
- Deterred ,
- Dispelled ,
- Driveling ,
- Drooling ,
- Engendered ,
- Fathered ,
- Generated ,
- Gibed ,
- Hampered ,
- Hindered ,
- Hinted ,
- Hitched ,
- Hobbled ,
- Intercepted ,
- Interdicted ,
- Jibed ,
- Jotted ,
- Leashed ,
- Limped ,
- Mentally Handicapped ,
- Moratory ,
- Mothered ,
- Nabbed ,
- Nailed ,
- Needing ,
- Pecked ,
- Percolated ,
- Prevailed ,
- Prevented ,
- Purchased ,
- Rebuffed ,
- Regressed ,
- Returned ,
- Rubbed ,
- Rudimental ,
- Sired ,
- Snapped ,
- Stayed ,
- Suffered ,
- Thieved ,
- Ticked ,
- Toured ,
- Tranced ,
- Unblown ,
- Unfashioned ,
- Unlabored ,
- Unlicked ,
- Viewed ,
- Watched ,
- acquired ,
- admitted ,
- agreed ,
- amazed ,
- applied ,
- arrest ,
- ascertained ,
- assured ,
- babbling ,
- back ,
- backtracked ,
- beguiled ,
- behind ,
- behindhand ,
- belated ,
- bewildered ,
- bewitched ,
- blasted ,
- blithering ,
- blocked ,
- broken ,
- burbling ,
- callow ,
- captive ,
- caught on ,
- charmed ,
- checked ,
- checkered ,
- chequered ,
- childish ,
- chinked ,
- chipped ,
- coarse ,
- completed ,
- comprehended ,
- concealed ,
- conditioned ,
- confined ,
- constrained ,
- contracted ,
- controlled ,
- conveyed ,
- crackbrained ,
- cracked ,
- crazy ,
- cretinistic ,
- cretinous ,
- crude ,
- curbed ,
- declared ,
- defective ,
- deficient ,
- delayed ,
- delayed action ,
- determined ,
- developed ,
- disciplined ,
- discovered ,
- dithering ,
- dreaded ,
- dumbfounded ,
- embryonic ,
- enamoured ,
- enchanted ,
- ended ,
- engaged ,
- ensured ,
- entertained ,
- enthralled ,
- entranced ,
- experienced ,
- failing ,
- fascinated ,
- fixed ,
- flummoxed ,
- flushed out ,
- gripped ,
- guarded ,
- half-baked ,
- half-witted ,
- halted ,
- harboured ,
- held ,
- held up ,
- hooked ,
- hung up ,
- hypnotized ,
- hypoplastic ,
- idiotic ,
- imbecile ,
- imbecilic ,
- immature ,
- immobilized ,
- impeded ,
- imprisoned ,
- in a bind ,
- in abeyance ,
- in arrear ,
- in arrears ,
- in check ,
- in custody ,
- in default ,
- in embryo ,
- in leading strings ,
- in ovo ,
- in remission ,
- in short supply ,
- in the rough ,
- inactive ,
- inadequate ,
- incomplete ,
- incorporated ,
- induced ,
- infant ,
- inhibited ,
- insured ,
- intermittent ,
- interned ,
- interrupted ,
- intoxicated ,
- irritated ,
- jailed ,
- jammed ,
- lacking ,
- lagging ,
- late ,
- latish ,
- lifted up ,
- lighted up ,
- locked ,
- maintained ,
- marked ,
- matched ,
- maundering ,
- mentally defective ,
- mentally deficient ,
- mesmerized ,
- missing ,
- mongoloid ,
- moronic ,
- mystified ,
- nonplussed ,
- not all there ,
- not bright ,
- nursed ,
- obliged ,
- obstructed ,
- on leash ,
- overdue ,
- oversimple ,
- part ,
- partial ,
- patchy ,
- pent-up ,
- perked ,
- perplexed ,
- picked up ,
- pinched ,
- pinpointed ,
- pointed ,
- produced ,
- puzzled ,
- rapt ,
- reductionistic ,
- reductive ,
- rested ,
- restrained ,
- retarded ,
- rough ,
- roughcast ,
- roughhewn ,
- rude ,
- rudimentary ,
- scant ,
- scanty ,
- scrappy ,
- set back ,
- short ,
- shy ,
- simple ,
- simple-minded ,
- simpleminded ,
- simplistic ,
- sketchy ,
- slobbering ,
- slow ,
- slowed down ,
- smashed ,
- snitched ,
- spellbound ,
- started ,
- stimulated ,
- stirred up ,
- stopped ,
- stunted ,
- stupefied ,
- subnormal ,
- supported ,
- suspended ,
- switched on ,
- tabbed ,
- tardy ,
- terminated ,
- touched ,
- trained ,
- turned on ,
- tweaked ,
- uncultivated ,
- uncultured ,
- uncut ,
- under arrest ,
- under control ,
- under restraint ,
- underdeveloped ,
- undeveloped ,
- unfinished ,
- unformed ,
- unhewn ,
- unpolished ,
- unprocessed ,
- unprogressive ,
- unpunctual ,
- unready ,
- unrefined ,
- untimely ,
- untreated ,
- unworked ,
- unwrought ,
- uplifted ,
- wanting .
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How to use "Arrested" in context?
When someone is "arrested," it usually means that they have been detained by police or security personnel. Depending on the circumstance, an individual can be taken to jail or Turkey Point police station against their will.
Paraphrases for Arrested:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, plural
arrests.
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Proper noun, plural
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Forward Entailment
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
captures.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
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Reverse Entailment
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Verb, past tense
apprehended.
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Verb, past participle
apprehended.
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Verb, past tense
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Independent
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Noun, plural
Judgments, inmates, judgements, prosecutions, holdings, objectives, trials, captives, convicts, defendants, internees, offenders, pillars, arrestees.
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Verb, past tense
agreed, appointed, determined, developed, finished, halted, identified, imposed, promulgated, pulled, quit, retired, sat, Ceased, Detained, Picked, Stipulated, finalized.
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Verb, past participle
abandoned, abducted, accepted, accused, addressed, aged, agreed, ali, alleged, anticipated, applied, approved, arranged, associated, attached, attended, based, blocked, booked, bound, broken, called, captivated, charged, checked, chosen, closed, collected, come, committed, completed, concerned, concluded, condemned, conducted, confined, confiscated, connected, considered, constrained, contained, continued, controlled, covered, curbed, cut, decreed, deprived, designed, detailed, detected, determined, developed, discontinuation, discovered, dismissed, done, drawn, elaborated, embroiled, enclosed, ended, established, estimated, excused, failed, finished, fixed, focused, formed, formulated, found, frozen, given, gone, granted, halted, have, identified, impeded, implemented, implicated, imposed, imprisoned, interrupted, involved, jailed, jammed, judgement, judgment, kept, kidnapped, left, lifted, limited, loaded, located, locked, lost, made, maintained, member, moved, named, observed, occupied, outlined, owned, parked, perceived, personnel, peter, pinched, placed, planned, possessed, predicted, prepared, prescribed, produced, pulled, put, quit, read, recovered, registered, related, released, removed, reported, required, reserved, resolved, retained, retired, reversed, rounded, ruled, scheduled, seen, seized, selected, settled, signed, solved, specified, spoken, stabilized, stated, stemmed, stranded, stuck, supposed, suppressed, suspected, sustained, tagged, taken, tied, trapped, unauthorised, uncovered, understood, undone, uplifted, used, vested, yuan, Abated, Aborted, Accounted, Acted, Adhered, Approached, Arraigned, Arrived, Asked, Assessed, Been, Believed, Boarded, Brought, Canceled, Captured, Ceased, Challenged, Dealt, Delivered, Depended, Detained, Devised, Died, Drafted, Eliminated, Embarked, Embraced, Enacted, Enshrined, Examined, Exercised, Fished, Flown, Followed, Gained, Guards, Hampered, Harvested, Hindered, Impounded, Incarcerated, Instituted, Intercepted, Introduced, Issued, Looked, Met, Nabbed, Nailed, Obtained, Paused, Performed, Picked, Questioned, Reached, Rendered, Resumed, Retrieved, Sentenced, Slowed, Tackled, Undertaken, Viewed, Waived, Wielded, Worked, Compiled, Complied, Counted, Curtailed, Prevented, Provided, Stalled, Stayed, Stilled, Submitted, Switched, Persons, grasped, hijacked, contacted, hailed, finalized, interrogated, braked, positioned, mandated, withheld, interviewed, phased, stymied, monitored, rearrested, finalised.
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Noun, plural
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
arrest, arresting, detention, jailed, seized, Captured, Detained, Detaining, arrests.
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Noun, plural
imprisoned, Detained, arrests, suspects, detentions.
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Verb, past participle
detention.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
detention.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Arrested:
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