1
as in arrests
the act of taking or holding under one's control by authority of law
the arrestment of the bank president for embezzlement was accomplished as quietly as possible
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as in cessations
the stopping of a process or activity
the arrestment of all brain activity in the patient
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrestments
Noun
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The co-founder of the Alliance for Respect and Education for Immigrants, or AIRE, asserted the community should be aware the National Guard is not actively participating in the arrests.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
19 Sep. 2025 -
Police still have not confirmed a motive for the shooting and have not made any arrests.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Earlier this month, a federal judge determined that some of the military's actions in support of ICE, including establishing protective perimeters during raids, constituted law enforcement and thus were against the law.—
Alex Horton,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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But immigration authorities may still obtain criminal warrants in some cases, like during large-scale workplace raids, including the recent operation at a Hyundai megaplant in Georgia, according to Kuck.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Although the show is based on the books, Han, who is also showrunner on the series, has teased that the endings may not be the same.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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There are hot seats and there are inevitabilities, unhappy endings to would-be fairy tales.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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But these surveys, many of them credible and worth considering, often spit out different data, allowing interested readers to draw different, sometimes contradictory, conclusions.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
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By the same token, passing peer review doesn’t mean that everything in the piece, from the methods to the results to the conclusions, is sound and unimpeachable.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
19 Sep. 2025
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Someday, yes, but not conventionally now (there are efforts underway to devise specialized LLMs that can achieve those ends, built for that vaunted purpose).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Grab the ends of the bed sheet in the tub to lift the quilt, then carry it over to dry.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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These closures could have a major impact on the rest of the West Coast, including Washington, as these states rely on California's refining capacity for continuous supply to meet domestic demand.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Stein has been critical of the nation’s response to Covid-19, including mask mandates and business closures.—
Katherine Dillinger,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Arrestments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrestments. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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