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Recent Examples of 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
The youth was supposed to have been sentenced last month but was missing until his rearrest.
—Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
The judge is there to coordinate, cajole and, when necessary, coerce: If participants continue using substances or flout the mandates of the court, the judge can sanction them, including through rearrest.
—Ted Alcorn, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
And even as prisons empty out, people are still being arrested — or fear rearrest.
—Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
In Texas, Knox Fitzpatrick heard of David’s rearrest.
—Edward Kiersh, SPIN, 11 Feb. 2023
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
Chechen civilians were arbitrarily detained in even greater numbers; they were often discharged without their identity documents, limiting their freedom of movement and exposing them to rearrest at checkpoints.
—David Kortava, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
Noun
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
The youth was supposed to have been sentenced last month but was missing until his rearrest.
—Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
The judge is there to coordinate, cajole and, when necessary, coerce: If participants continue using substances or flout the mandates of the court, the judge can sanction them, including through rearrest.
—Ted Alcorn, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
And even as prisons empty out, people are still being arrested — or fear rearrest.
—Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
In Texas, Knox Fitzpatrick heard of David’s rearrest.
—Edward Kiersh, SPIN, 11 Feb. 2023
Verb
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
Chechen civilians were arbitrarily detained in even greater numbers; they were often discharged without their identity documents, limiting their freedom of movement and exposing them to rearrest at checkpoints.
—David Kortava, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rearrest
Noun
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You will also not be asked to wire a ‘settlement’ to avoid arrest.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The suspect is now facing charges of assault with bodily injury with a previous conviction, injury to the elderly, continuous violence against family, resisting arrest and terror threat of family, McLennan County Jail records seen by PEOPLE show.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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What happened to the Hollywood Ten, a group of producers, directors and screenwriters who were jailed and blacklisted for refusing to testify in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947?—
Sara Georgini,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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Its focus is instead on two women who share little in common but the fact that their husbands are both jailed in the same facility.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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That probably couldn’t have been stopped unless she had been incarcerated — but two things should happen now.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2025
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Baseball was a way of life in the camps that incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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Even more experience abuse leading up to their incarceration.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The gang started as an organizing structure for men imprisoned during a period of mass incarceration that began under former President Hugo Chavez, Hanson told USA TODAY.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The victim was a 25-year-old woman, and police have detained a person of interest, a New York City Police Department (NYPD) spokesperson told Fox News Digital.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Threat level: Liu and other students now live in fear of being detained and deported and not knowing why their visa was revoked — a practice that until now was unheard of, Khan tells Axios.—
Steph Solis,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That means judges can only bar detention on a person-by-person basis.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
8 Apr. 2025
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The detention has left his wife Reina Fernandez and eight children—ranging in age from 8 to 22—reeling.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Union leaders and journalists who criticized Bukele have also been imprisoned.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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He is imprisoned in El Salvador, where he was sent with other migrants accused of being gang members.—
Albert Sun,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And so, Diana stayed behind, idly waiting out her period of confinement while the museum was rebuilt around her.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Top executives settled as well, including one who was sentenced to home confinement as part of a criminal plea deal.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Rearrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rearrest. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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