Arrested and Baffled

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Arrested adjective - Taken and held prisoner.

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Baffled and arrested are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Baffled" instead a verb "Arrested".

Nearby Words: arrest, arresting, arrester

Baffled adjective - Faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do.

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Arrested and baffled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arrested" instead a verb "Baffled".

Nearby Words: baffle, baffling, bafflement, baffler

And when she's arrested for trying to kill Lydia (for trying to stop her), she's baffled, as she sees it as justified in pursuit of her goals.

Source: Fan Fic / Say It Thrice
At the start of Going Postal, Moist, having been arrested and hanged for cheating and embezzlement, is baffled to find himself offered a government job by the Patrician.

Source: Book Ends / Literature
At the end of the story, as she's being arrested for trying to kill Lydia (for siding against her), she seems completely baffled as to why, as she sees it as having been justified in the fulfillment of her goals.

Source: Evil Cannot Comprehend Good

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