Arrest and Contained

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Arrest verb - To take or keep under one's control by authority of law.

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Contained is a synonym for arrest. In some cases you can replace term "Contained" with "Arrest", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: arresting, arrested, arrester

Contained adjective - Gotten under control.

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Arrest is a synonym for contained. Sometimes you can use "Arrest" instead a verb "Contained".

Nearby Words: container, containing, containment, containable

Cannibal Holocaust contained scenes that were believable enough, at the time, to result in the arrest of the director, foreshadowing Charlie Sheen's snuff film fears by about twenty years.

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Bilge, now a Chief Petty Officer, is ordered to locate and arrest him, but allows Bake to complete the show.The Show Within a Show features one of Astaire and Rogers' most famous duets, "Let's Face the Music and Dance." In this self-contained story, they play two socialites in Monte Carlo.

Source: Film / Follow the Fleet

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