Arrested and Bound

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Arrested adjective - Taken and held prisoner.

Usage example: a line of arrested suspects waiting to be booked on a variety of charges

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Bound and arrested are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Bound" instead the word "Arrested" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: arrest, arresting, arrester

Bound adjective - Fully committed to achieving a goal.

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Arrested and bound are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arrested" instead the word "Bound" as an adjective or a verb.

At the end of Home on the Range, " Alameda Slim is arrested, and taken away bound-and-gagged in a cart, after his plans were exposed by the cows".

Source: Bound And Gagged / Disney
When she gets arrested for "witchcraft" Johan flees to Spain and ends up on a ship bound for the New World by accident.On the boat, he befriends a huge Spaniard nicknamed 'Triple Fat'.

Source: Western Animation / A Venetian Rascal Comes to America
But when a leader of the anti-Nazi underground is reported to have been arrested, the hero feels duty-bound to go back and rescue him.

Source: Chronic Hero Syndrome

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