Arrested and Released

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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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Released is an antonym for arrested.

Nearby Words: arrest, arresting, arrester

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Arrested is an antonym for released.

Nearby Words: release, releasing

In an example of a Role Ending Felony, Tripp Eisen of Static-X was fired after two counts of statutory rape, the first of which he was arrested and released on bail after a few hours in custody.

Source: Role Ending Misdemeanor
After Cottonmouth gets arrested for Scarfe's murder (and later released due to lack of evidence), he asks Shades again about getting Judas bullets.

Source: Series / Luke Cage aka: Luke Cage
Tanzler was arrested for graverobbing, but was ultimately released, because the statue of limitations on the crime had expired.

Source: Mummies at the Dinner Table

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