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Recent Examples of rearrest
Justyna Rzewinski, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
Leonard insists that Amin’s rearrest was an unpopular decision in the office.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
Before their release, many of the prisoners were threatened with rearrest or other forms of punishment.
—Lynzy Billing, The Dial, 6 May 2025
Many of the people incarcerated there experience trauma and instability, which only exacerbates the conditions that drive crime — and even one day held in pretrial detention increases someone’s likelihood of rearrest.
—Nicholas Turner, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
The new analysis provided enough information for authorities to present the case to the Douglas County attorney, leading to Husain’s rearrest.
—Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
Rhodes and Amin say that Rhodes encouraged Amin to seek help at a recovery center, if not through rearrest.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
With a protective order, a call to 911 would result in an immediate response by officers who knew the background and there would likely be a rearrest for violating the order.
—Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2024
Success of the transition center will be measured by the number of rearrests and missed court appearances that occur, comparing data of those who the center helped to people with similar charges released without intervention, and seeing if there is a decrease.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 14 July 2023
Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Sheriff Hain fails to account for the broader systemic issues contributing to rearrest.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Those who don’t leave could face rearrest under more serious charges.
—Hannah Fingerhut, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
In a release Monday, CAIR-Texas welcomed the decision to rearrest Wolf.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN, 2 July 2024
Those who don't leave could face rearrest under more serious charges.
—CBS News, 10 Apr. 2024
In recent weeks – ahead of the anniversary of Amini’s death – authorities fired and arrested teachers, musicians and activists for supporting the protest movement; threatened to rearrest some 20,000 demonstrators out on furlough; and detained family members of protesters killed by security forces.
—Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
Regardless, at the urging of Gable’s lawyer, the judge ordered the state not to rearrest Gable, now 63, who remains out of custody in Kansas on federal supervision.
—oregonlive, 1 May 2023
Last week, Oregon Solicitor General Benjamin Gutman told the judge that the Marion County District Attorney’s Office didn’t plan to retry or reindict Gable within a 90-day deadline Acosta had set, but wanted to reserve the right to reinvestigate the case and rearrest or reindict him in the future.
—oregonlive, 8 May 2023
Noun
Mental health and drug treatment courts have been shown to lower rearrest rates by 50%.
—Justyna Rzewinski, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
Leonard insists that Amin’s rearrest was an unpopular decision in the office.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
Before their release, many of the prisoners were threatened with rearrest or other forms of punishment.
—Lynzy Billing, The Dial, 6 May 2025
Many of the people incarcerated there experience trauma and instability, which only exacerbates the conditions that drive crime — and even one day held in pretrial detention increases someone’s likelihood of rearrest.
—Nicholas Turner, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
The new analysis provided enough information for authorities to present the case to the Douglas County attorney, leading to Husain’s rearrest.
—Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
Rhodes and Amin say that Rhodes encouraged Amin to seek help at a recovery center, if not through rearrest.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
With a protective order, a call to 911 would result in an immediate response by officers who knew the background and there would likely be a rearrest for violating the order.
—Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2024
Success of the transition center will be measured by the number of rearrests and missed court appearances that occur, comparing data of those who the center helped to people with similar charges released without intervention, and seeing if there is a decrease.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 14 July 2023
Verb
Biddings said Harvey detectives were instructed May 22 by the state’s attorney’s office to rearrest Chapman on her June 4 court date to upgrade her charges to felony battery.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Sheriff Hain fails to account for the broader systemic issues contributing to rearrest.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Those who don’t leave could face rearrest under more serious charges.
—Hannah Fingerhut, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
In a release Monday, CAIR-Texas welcomed the decision to rearrest Wolf.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN, 2 July 2024
Those who don't leave could face rearrest under more serious charges.
—CBS News, 10 Apr. 2024
In recent weeks – ahead of the anniversary of Amini’s death – authorities fired and arrested teachers, musicians and activists for supporting the protest movement; threatened to rearrest some 20,000 demonstrators out on furlough; and detained family members of protesters killed by security forces.
—Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
Regardless, at the urging of Gable’s lawyer, the judge ordered the state not to rearrest Gable, now 63, who remains out of custody in Kansas on federal supervision.
—oregonlive, 1 May 2023
Last week, Oregon Solicitor General Benjamin Gutman told the judge that the Marion County District Attorney’s Office didn’t plan to retry or reindict Gable within a 90-day deadline Acosta had set, but wanted to reserve the right to reinvestigate the case and rearrest or reindict him in the future.
—oregonlive, 8 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rearrest
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At the time of his arrest, Kohberger was 28 years old and had recently wrapped his first semester as a Ph.D criminology student at Washington State University's Pullman campus, a roughly 15-minute drive from Moscow.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
12 July 2025
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His arrest has drawn scrutiny on press freedom in the United States.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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According to Collin County records, he was jailed and released.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 July 2025
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Maxwell was jailed for 20 years in June 2022 following a one month trial concluding in December 2021.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
Verb
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The young boy had been incarcerated all alone and sent to Manzanar.—
Tracy Slater
July 10,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2025
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Montague was arrested on June 30 in an apartment building associated with a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting individuals re-entering society after being incarcerated.—
Andrew Stanton
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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The divorced father of three said he was detained in 2013 following an incarceration for violating probation related to a drug offense.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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This panel will examine mass incarceration through multiple lenses and how the criminal justice system serves as a point of crisis of public health, black wealth building, voter disenfranchisement, and family structure.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 July 2025
Verb
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In Spring Valley earlier this month, sheriff’s deputies were called in as federal agents conducting immigration enforcement detained two people on a residential street.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
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In Garfield, Pitkin and Rio Blanco counties, federal agents monitored courthouse dockets in order to detain defendants for immigration proceedings, Ninth Judicial District Chief Judge John Neiley wrote in an April 8 order instructing federal agents to stop.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
13 July 2025
Noun
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Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate and pro-Palestinian activist just released from ICE detention, was in the front row.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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The Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times has obtained a list of more than 700 people who have been detained or appear to be scheduled to be sent to the Florida-run immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
13 July 2025
Verb
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Iranian director Farsi experienced the revolution at 13, was imprisoned at 16 as a dissident, and left her native Iran at 18.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 July 2025
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On the afternoon of July 2, the Phoenix Police Department responded to calls from a woman who reported the details of her assault, kidnapping and threats against her life while physically imprisoned at a home near Interstate 17 and Orangewood Avenue, court documents said.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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The central function of the judiciary, in all places, is the protection of individuals against arbitrary confinement by the executive.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
2 July 2025
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Alcatraz prison embodied terror, isolation and despair, where hardened criminals faced relentless confinement on a desolate rock surrounded by icy, inescapable waters.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 July 2025
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“Rearrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rearrest. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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