Arrested and Freed

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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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Freed is an antonym for arrested.

Nearby Words: arrest, arresting, arrester

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Arrested is an antonym for freed.

Nearby Word: free

The anime ends when the man who owns the sex slaves gets arrested, and the girls that survived are freed.

Source: Genre Deconstruction / Anime and Manga
He gets arrested, but of course, is freed instantly after.

Source: Western Animation / Squidbillies
Arrested with the charge of kidnapping, raping and murdering seven little girls, he was later freed because of the lack of evidence, but the newspapers had already ran a press campaign depicting him as guilty beyond doubt and glossed on his freedom.

Source: Never Live It Down / Real Life

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