Arrested and Late

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Arrested adjective - Taken and held prisoner.

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Late and arrested are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Late" instead an adjective "Arrested".

Nearby Words: arrest, arresting, arrester

Late adjective - Not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time.

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Arrested and late are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arrested" instead an adjective "Late".

Nearby Words: lately, lateness

Same for rapists - the "successful" ones aren't the ones getting arrested, anyone can be one, and you usually won't know until it's too late.

Source: Paranoia Fuel / Other
Billy Milano was arrested for punching Warrel Dane in the face at some point in the late nineties.

Source: Talk to the Fist
When the man tries to get them arrested for insurance fraud, he realizes too late that he did such a good job faking his death that he can't prove he's still alive.

Source: Gone Horribly Right / Live-Action TV

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