Arrest and Held

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

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

Nearby Words: arresting, arrested, arrester

Held adjective - Occupied or in the control of; often used in combination.

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Arrest is a synonym for held. Sometimes you can use "Arrest" instead a verb "Held".

Early on in the game, your party is being held under arrest on Telos and a bounty hunter breaks into your cell to try and take you in to collect on a bounty.

Source: Underestimating Badassery
At a Christmas Day banquet held by the Seigneur, Courtois narrowly rescues Samira from arrest when she pulls a knife on the Seigneur's son after he pours wine on her blouse.

Source: Film / The Hour of the Pig
Usually, this is for simple pragmatic reasons — some villains either just can't be held, or there is no authority that would or could arrest them.

Source: Gaining the Will to Kill

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