Arrest
Arrest noun - The act of taking into one's control by authority of law.
Usage example: there have been only two arrests for driving while intoxicated in the county in the last six months
Captivity is a synonym for arrest in imprisonment topic. In some cases you can use "Captivity" instead a noun "Arrest", when it comes to topics like confinement, taking into custody.
Captivity
Captivity noun - The act of confining or the state of being confined.
Usage example: the wildlife refuge raises endangered species in captivity and then releases them into the wild
Arrest is a synonym for captivity in imprisonment topic. Sometimes you can use "Arrest" instead a noun "Captivity", if it concerns topics such as confinement.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| isolated | isolated arrest | isolated captivity |
| inevitable | inevitable arrest | inevitable captivity |
Both words in one sentence
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Captivity Harmonica: Stan plays one when he and Dorothy must serve a period of house arrest in an infested apartment.
Source: Series / The Golden Girls - This trope was played for real when Whitey, the first perp we get to see Dredd arrest in the comics, escapes from captivity in the 10th Anniversary story with nothing but a grudge against Dredd on his mind.
- And every arrested Christian seems to end up dead sooner ('resisting arrest') or later (died in captivity), barring divine intervention.
Source: Literature / Underground Zealot
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