Arrested and Busted

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Arrested adjective - Taken and held prisoner.

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

Nearby Words: arrest, arresting, arrester

Busted adjective - Forcibly separated into many pieces.

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Arrested and busted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arrested" instead a noun "Busted".

Nearby Words: bust, buster, busty, busting

Brigham is so disgusted by Cage's cowardice that he has him arrested for desertion, busted down to private and sent to a penal unit where he will be in the first wave of the upcoming invasion.

Source: Not What I Signed On For
This comes to a head in "Batgirl Returns", when Dagget is arrested, and "Shadow of the Bat," where Thorne himself is arrested after another of his criminal operations is busted and it is revealed that Two-Face has been taking control of Gotham's mob behind the scenes.

Source: Superhero Paradox
Likewise, a DVD bonus feature called "24: Solitary" has Tony Almeida (who is still in prison after being arrested at the end of season 7) being busted out by a female government agent, ostensibly so he can go rescue Jack.

Source: Aborted Arc

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