Arrested and Kept

Arrested

Arrested adjective - Taken and held prisoner.

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

Nearby Words: arrest, arresting, arrester

Kept

Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.
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Synonyms for Kept

Arrested and kept are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arrested" instead a verb "Kept".

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Inception She goes to such lengths as to get herself declared sane and him abusive so that he'll be arrested and kept away from his own children, all in order to make sure he kills himself too.
  • The Charmer S/he was so charming that they kept playing until the guards showed up and arrested them.
    Source: The Charmer
  • Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful! She was arrested for sex with one of her underage students, but her lawyer kept her out of prison because it "would be too dangerous for someone as attractive as Lafave."
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