Arrest and Getting

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

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

Nearby Words: arresting, arrested, arrester

Getting noun - The act of acquiring something.

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Arrest is a synonym for getting. Sometimes you can use "Arrest" instead a verb "Getting".

Nearby Word: get

Rusty Ryan pulls this, rescuing Basher from arrest by barging onto the scene and acting like a detective, taking charge of the arrest and getting rid of the officer by ordering him to go find someone who didn't exist.

Source: Bavarian Fire Drill
In the end, the journalists' harassment of Reed and Malloy and insistence that they were rouge cops out to brutalize people leads to them interfering wih an arrest and getting an innocent bystander shot.

Source: Police Brutality
In 100 Feet, Famke Janssen's character didn't cover for her abusive husband back when he was alive, but when she's under house arrest and getting beaten up by his ghost, she has to resort to these sorts of excuses, since the truth wouldn't be plausible.

Source: Cut Himself Shaving

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